Volume 7 – 2016 – Tourism Issue (TUR2)

O Potencial do Turismo Militar para a Cidade do Porto: O Caso daSegunda Invasão Francesa

Daniela Alves1, Hélder Barbosa1 and Jorge Ricardo Pinto 1

1 ISCET – High Institute of Business and Tourism Sciences, Porto, Portugal

To cite this text:

Alves, D., Barbosa, H. & Pinto, J. R. (2016), O Potencial do Turismo Militar para a Cidade do Porto: O Caso da Segunda Invasão Francesa, Percursos & Ideias, Vol. 7, pp. 22-34.

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Abstract

The Second French Invasion in 1809, caused a significant impact in the city of Porto and was one of the events that lead the city to a period of stagnation in different sectors, leaving marks and scars, memories and heritage that still evoke this military-historical event. So, regarding to Military Tourism, this article aims on the developing of a cultural itinerary based on the Second French Invasion. To do this, a research on historical facts was made, allowing then developing the itinerary, in order to demonstrate the potentiality of the Military Tourism in developing the tourism supply in the city of Porto.

Keywords

Military tourism, City of Porto, Second French Invasion, 19th century, Itinerary.