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Publications
Valadas Monteiro, P., Salvador, R. and Guedes Soares, C. (2017), “A micro-cluster approach applied to the case of the nautical tourism sector of the Algarve region (Portugal)”, Tourism in Marine Environments, Vol. 12(2), pp. 105-124
The paper characterises and evaluates the strategic role played by nautical tourism, in general, and by marinas, in particular, in terms of increasing Algarve’s competitiveness, reducing tourism seasonality and generating multiplier effects in connected industries.
Central to the analysis is the notion that a marina is an economic unit that provides concentrated services (as opposed to producing a physical product), working as an “anchor” for the surrounding firms and, as such, naturally giving rise to a local cluster.
The adequacy to transfer the cluster concept from manufacture to tourism is also discussed.
The methodology chosen is an application of the Porter cluster model to the nautical tourism in the Algarve, where each component of the diamond model (factor conditions; demand conditions; related and supporting industries; firms strategy, structure and rivalry) - besides its two external factors (historical factors/chance and public policies) - is analysed, namely taking into account the results of an inquiry launched to the marinas and other nautical firms. Recommendations to strengthen the aspects identified as more problematic are also included as well as future research guidelines. In particular, the issue of coopetition, identified as a major weakness, is analysed both theoretically and empirically.
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