Soraia Garcês

Soraia Garcês holds a BSc in Psychology (2009), MSc in Educational Psychology (2011), and a PhD in Psychology with specialization in Educational Psychological (2013) from University of Madeira. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at University of Madeira and an integrated member at the Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being (CinTurs) of the University of Algarve and a collaborator at OSEAN - Outermost Regions Sustainable Ecosystem for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Group from University of Madeira. Currently, her research interests fall in positive tourism and wellbeing, cultural and creative tourism, tourism and residents’ wellbeing, education, creativity and psychological assessment.

Publications

Gastronomy Experiences, Authenticity, and Storytelling in Tourism Destinations: A Conceptual Paper
Gastronomy Experiences, Authenticity, and Storytelling in Tourism Destinations: A Conceptual Paper
Soraia Garcês. © 2024. 16 pages.
Today, new tourism demands and trends have led gastronomy to go beyond the mere consumption of food and to including cultural engagement in tourism experiences. This led to the...
Psychological Wellbeing as a Creative Resource for Businesses in the Tourism Industry: A Multidisciplinary View
Psychological Wellbeing as a Creative Resource for Businesses in the Tourism Industry: A Multidisciplinary View
Soraia Garcês, Margarida Pocinho, Saul Neves de Jesus. © 2020. 22 pages.
This chapter probes the relevance of adopting a multidisciplinary view to better understand tourism. It focuses on psychology applied to this industry and particularly...