Speaker Biograghy: Cláudia Ribeiro de Almeida PhD has been a Professor in the Tourism Department at the University of the Algarve since 1996, where she teaches classes on the interface between tourism and transport. She is also a guest lecturer at the University of Westminster in London and the University of Alicante in Spain. Dr Ribeiro de Almeida is an author and speaker at national and international events related to tourism, air transport and residential tourism. She recently published a book about airports and residential tourism. She was also co-author of the book Tourism: Mobilities and Territories (in Portuguese) and has been a consultant to Faro Airport and to the Algarve Tourism Board, specialising in residential tourism (second-home market), and a key player in developing the Algarve region's Strategic Marketing Plan for Tourism - Algarve (2015/2018).


Day 1 - 14 March
Session: Airport Cities, Transport Connections & Tourism

10:10 - 10:40 - How LCC enables the development of residential tourism – Algarve analysis
Synopsis: The new routes and services provided by LCC enabled the emergence of new tourist destinations in Europe, and the development of new market segments that value the cheap and easy air accessibilities. One of the best examples is the second-home tourist market that has grown a great deal in recent years, mainly in tourism destinations in the south of Europe, like the Algarve, due to the new offer of routes and frequencies throughout the year, as well as the good climate, security and, above all, the quality and diversity of golf and other tourism facilities.

Audience will learn:

• Importance of LCC to enable the development of tourism and some market segments
• Importance of air accessibilities to the development of new tourism market segments
• Factors that attract people to buy a second home in a tourism destination