Fonte: Journal of Tourism & Development; v. 3, n. 17/18 (2012); 1285-1297
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Resumo: In the XXI century tourism has gained the status of the world’s largest economic activity. Besides an activity economically powerful tourism is also an important factor of social development, as it has the power to improve the quality of societies’ life. We can define cemeterial tourism as the cemeterial art that combine the relationship of artistic production with the social and religious beliefs of the time. This article represents a timely contribution to a reflection on a collection of funeral statuary and ornaments, which can be seen in tombs of notable characters of the region and other culanonymous, perceived in the cemeterial tourism consumption, which in addition to their importance are extreme actual. The analysis assumes a theoretical framework composed by a conceptualization, development and characterization of the study object and a second part which consists in an exhaustive study of the cemeterial tourism practice, as well as all corporate and associative national players, motivations, and their consistency in tourist trends, issuers markets and Portugal as a destination. In this empirical component will also assess, through a survey application to a sample among Portuguese individuals, the degree of knowledge and acceptance of this product in national tourism offer.
