Fonte: Journal of Tourism & Development; n. 10 (2008); 41-56
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Resumo: The present research has the goal to fulfil the existing gap in Portugal in the area of corporate strategies in the tourism sector and in the relation between these enterprises and the State. Problems and gaps exist between the corporate strategies and the tourism policy performed by the successive governments, in Portugal.After the literature review, it was possible to build and to deduct a theoretical model. The formulation of 7 theoretical hypotheses and the elaboration of the questionnaire resulted from that model.One has received 415 questionnaires, that were answered by the main entrepreneurs and managers of the enterprises of the Portuguese tourism sector. In the following step, the main sample elements sent the Annual Reports and Accounts of their enterprises.The confrontation between the theoretical hypotheses and the obtained results in the empirical work permitted to identify the existing relation among variables, among factors and between variables and factors, and to propose a new approach to the enterprises and the State. Finally, implications for the strategic management of tourist destinations are suggested, involving the private enterprises and the National Tourism Organizations.
