Patrícia Pinto

Patrícia Pinto holds a PhD in applied statistics to economics and business. She is Full Professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Algarve, and an active member of board of the PhD program in Tourism in the same institution. Her current research interests are in applied statistics and modeling in the areas of integrated quality management in tourism destinations, events management, tourism destinations image, branding, marketing strategies, customer satisfaction, and environment behavior. She is a member of the Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-Being (CinTurs).

Publications

Sensory Marketing: The Purpose of Sensory Stimuli in Consumer Behaviour in the Context of the Retail Environment
Sensory Marketing: The Purpose of Sensory Stimuli in Consumer Behaviour in the Context of the Retail Environment
Carina Viegas, Dora Agapito, Patrícia Pinto. © 2023. 29 pages.
This research aims to map previous studies using a multisensory approach to identify the impact of sensory stimuli on consumer behaviour in retail and to investigate the...
Handbook of Research on Resident and Tourist Perspectives on Travel Destinations
Handbook of Research on Resident and Tourist Perspectives on Travel Destinations
Patrícia Pinto, Manuela Guerreiro. © 2020. 529 pages.
Tourism is an economic and social phenomenon that is centered on a tourist’s experience and is dependent on the experiences that are co-created and provided to tourists. Tourism...
Overtourism: Impacts on Residents' Quality of Life – Evidence From Macau
Overtourism: Impacts on Residents' Quality of Life – Evidence From Macau
Hio Kuan Lai, Patrícia Pinto, Pedro Pintassilgo. © 2020. 19 pages.
The concept of overtourism has been popularly discussed in recent years, upon local residents starting to recognize the tourism disturbances in some high-profile destinations....
Different Type of Residents, Different Type of Attitudes?: The Case of Tourism Development in East Timor
Different Type of Residents, Different Type of Attitudes?: The Case of Tourism Development in East Timor
Manuel Vong, Patrícia Pinto, João Albino Silva. © 2020. 25 pages.
This study examines residents' attitudes towards sustainable tourism development in Timor-Leste, a new country that is also in the initial stages of tourism development. In...
Measuring Attendees' Cultural Event Experiences: Insights From 365 Algarve
Measuring Attendees' Cultural Event Experiences: Insights From 365 Algarve
Magda Wikesjö, Manuela Guerreiro, Patrícia Pinto, Dália Paulo. © 2020. 17 pages.
This chapter explores the concept of cultural event experience, as the interaction between an individual and the cultural event environment, altered by the level of engagement...
“España Verde”: Tourism Destination Image among German Facebook Users
“España Verde”: Tourism Destination Image among German Facebook Users
Till Maximilian Schuh, Dora Agapito, Patrícia Pinto. © 2018. 28 pages.
This study aims at measuring the image of the tourism brand “España Verde” by using the social media platform Facebook. The ever-increasing competition within the tourism...