Since the beginning of the 21st century, the European Union tourism policy has been increasingly focused on initiatives … in the field of social tourism, which are one of the ways of achieving sustainable development in the European tourism …, big families). However, there is a lack of research on the analysis of the place of social aspects of tourism in the …

private initiatives or public-private partnerships. We are also going to make a mention of two regional tourism observatories … in Portugal - Lisbon and Azores - already established. Finally, it offers an overview of the new Tourism Observatory of …) - InAlentejo, which the main promoter is Alentejo Tourism, ERT, in partnership with the Polytechnics Institutes of Beja and …