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T1 Walking as a cultural act and a profit for the landscape. A case study in the Iberian Peninsula
A1 Somoza Medina, Xosé
A1 Lois González, Rubén C.
A1 Somoza Medina, Marta
A2 Geografia Humana
K1 Geografía
K1 Walking
K1 Tourism promotion
K1 Landscape
K1 The Camino
K1 Ribeira Sacra
AB [EN] Walking as a means of travel, when done voluntarily, becomes a cultural act that can have a beneficial effect both for the people who carry out the routes and for the space itself that is walked on. The fact of moving at a slow speed allow us to recover a more appropriate pace to enjoy the landscape, to reconnect with nature and with the position of human in the world, while improving our health. In contemporary society, some cultural tourist routes have become successful destinations, with the continuous arrival of thousands of visitors throughout the year. Thus, the historical cultural route Way of St. James has become a globally successful cultural tourism product. Close to this destination, the Ribeira Sacra, that has been recently designated by the regional government as a Cultural Landscape, with the intention of preserving its historical legacy, may be in the future a privileged destination in Galicia for walking. The research carried out allows us to ensure that this fact, taking long walks following routes with a rich cultural content, has a positive impact on the space from two different processes that are reinforced as the routes become more popular. First, from the recovery and promotion of an alternative communication network between different places. And second, through a series of laws and regulations that protect historic trails and adjacent landscapes
PB Springer
SN 0343-2521
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10612/15124
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10612/15124
NO Somoza Medina, X., Lois González, R. C., & Somoza Medina, M. (2023). Walking as a cultural act and a profit for the landscape. A case study in the Iberian Peninsula. GeoJournal, 88(2), 2171-2186. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10708-022-10745-X
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 24-abr-2024