Ana Margarida Tavares dos Santos Ferreira da Silva (2D1C-7079-8368)

Curriculum Vitae

Ana Margarida Tavares dos Santos Ferreira da Silva

Ana Margarida Ferreira da Silva is a researcher at ATT 2 Experience 5.0 – How to create a new framework to manage tourism destinations, part of a larger ATT project: Agenda to Accelerate and Transform Tourism at the University of Aveiro and a member of the Tourism and Development research group in GOVCOPP (Research Unit in Governance and Competitiveness and Public Policies) at the University of Aveiro. She holds a PhD in tourism and a master’s degree in regional planning, both from the University of Aveiro. Her bachelor’s degree is in marketing management from the Portuguese Institute of Administration and Marketing (IPAM). She is also a member of the National Platform for Tourism in the Culture, Heritage and Creativity think tank. Over the past few years, she has been working on studies on heritage, local communities and destination image with other universities (European and African). She has participated in several research projects related to her research interests, namely coastal and maritime cultural heritage, sustainable tourism, heritage tourism and destination image.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Margarida Tavares dos Santos Ferreira da Silva

Citation names

Ferreira da Silva, M.
Silva, A.
Silva, A.M.
Silva, M.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2D1C-7079-8368
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0144-4151

Email addresses

a.silva@ua.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2017/10/03 - 2024/10/02 Concluded	Doutoramento em Turismo (Doutoramento) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Tourism and coastal & maritime cultural heritage: key stakeholders views and visitors’ perceptions and intentions " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved unanimously (with distinction and honour)
2013/10/04 - 2014/06/18 Concluded	Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	16
2008/10/08 - 2010/07/05 Concluded	Planeamento Regional e Urbano (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Estratégia para uma gestão sustentável do Salgado de Aveiro" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved unanimously
1996/09/12 - 2001/06/20 Concluded	Gestão de Marketing (Licenciatura) Instituto Português de Administração de Marketing, Portugal	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2016/11/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/01/01 - 2024/02/29	Research fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2019/12/31	Research fellow PERICLES ‘PrEseRvIng and sustainably governing Cultural heritage and Landscapes in European coastal and maritime regionS’	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/10/10 - 2018/08/31	Research fellow SIMNORAT “Supporting Implementation of Maritime Spatial Planning in the Northern European Atlantic”	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2014/10 - 2015/06	Support to teaching to the course Maritime Law and Policy	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2010/10/01 - 2013/08/31	Master student fellow ECOSAL ATLANTIS - Ecotourism in saltworks of the Atlantic: a strategy for integral and sustainable development	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2018/05 - 2021/10	PERICLES ‘PrEseRvIng and sustainably governing Cultural heritage and Landscapes in European coastal and maritime regionS’ 770504 Research Fellow	Horizon 2020 Framework Programme Concluded
2017 - 2018	SIMNORAT “Supporting Implementation of Maritime Spatial Planning in the Northern European Atlantic” EASME/EMFF/2015/1.2.1.3 Research Fellow Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2010 - 2013	ECOSAL ATLANTIS Ecotourism in saltworks of the Atlantic: a strategy for integral and sustainable Development STC-CP2009-1-Ap-794799 Master Student Fellow	European Regional Development Fund
2004 - 2007	“Salt of the Atlantic”: Revalorization of identity of the Atlantic Salines. Recuperation and promotion of biological, economic and cultural potential of coastal wetlands 159-SAL Master Student Fellow	European Commission

Other

	Designation	Funders
2023 - Current	Experience 5.0 - How to create a new framework to manage tourism destinations 1319 Post-doc	Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP Ongoing
2017 - 2020	SPLACH – ‘Spatial Planning for Change’ N/D_Splach Research collaborator Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017 - 2020	Sal de Aveiro – Empreendedorismo e Inovação N/D_Sal de Aveiro Research collaborator Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	European Regional Development Fund Concluded
2009 - 2009	Histories Water and Salt 99067 Master student researcher	Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
2005 - 2008	SAL(H)INA História do Sal natureza e meio ambiente séculos XV a XIX 56381 Master student researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Outputs

Publications

Book	Pita, C.; Sousa, L.P.; Ferreira da Silva, M.; Pinho, R.; Amorim, Inês; Costa N. Pita, Cristina Brice; Sousa, L.P.; da Silva, Ana Margarida Ferreira; Pinho, Rosa; Amorim, Inês; Nuno Miguel Costa. Coastal cultural heritage in the Ria de Aveiro region. Portugal. 2021. 2021. Pita, C.B.; Sousa, L.P.; Silva, A.M.; Pinho, R.; Amorim, I.; Costa, N.M.; Costa, C.; et al. Pita, C.B.; Sousa, L.P.; Silva, A.M.; Pinho, R.; Amorim, I.; Costa, N.M.; Costa, C.; et al. Passeio de moliceiro: Um guia sobre o património natural e cultural. 2020. 2020.
Book chapter	Ferreira da Silva, M.; Albuquerque, H; Martins, F.; Buron, G.. Corresponding author: Ferreira da Silva, M.. "Salt pans: an indissociable natural and cultural heritage - a comparative study between Aveiro, Portugal and Guérande, France". In Tourism planning & development in Western Europe, 65-79. United Kingdom: CABI International, 2022. Published • 10.1079/9781800620797.0000 Martins, F.; Albuquerque, H; Pedrosa, Andre; Ferreira da Silva, M.. "Desafios e oportunidades para o desenvolvimento de turismo sustentável em lagunas costeiras: o caso de "Ria de Aveiro", Portugal". Zenodo, 2022. 10.5281/ZENODO.6679641 Costa, C.; Stevic, I.; Veríssimo, M.; Silva, M. F. da. "Short-term accommodation and overtourism in Portuguese urban centres.". In Overtourism: excesses, discontents and measures in travel and tourism, 167-189. CAB International, 2019. 10.1079/9781786399823.0167 Albuquerque, H.; Ferreira da Silva, M.; Martins, F.; Costa, C.. Corresponding author: Albuquerque, H.. "Wellness tourism as complementary activity in saltpans regeneration". In Tourism, Health, Wellbeing and Protected Areas, 56-68. CABI International, 2018. Published Silva, Ana. "Conhecimento tradicional e gestão sustentável da água - passado ou futuro?". Portugal, 2014.
Conference abstract	Ferreira da Silva, M.; Albuquerque, H.; Martins, F.; Buron, G.. "Traditional saltpans and tourism: Is it an opportunity". Paper presented in ICOT 2024 - International Conference on Tourism, Corfu, 2024. Published Ferreira da Silva, M.; Costa, C.; Martins, F.; Pita, C.. "The influence of on-site heritage experience on destination loyalty: examining the mediating role of destination image and the moderating effect of visitors’ origin". Paper presented in ICOT 2023- International Conference on Tourism, Nicosia, 2023. Published Ferreira da Silva, M.. "Tourism and maritime, coastal cultural heritage: a new approach and opportunity". Paper presented in Research summit 2022, Aveiro, 2022. Published • 10.48528/6dz9-d129 Ferreira da Silva, M.; Martins, .F.; Costa, C.; Pita, C.. "Experiential familiarity and coastal & maritime cultural heritage (CMCH) in situ experience intensity: a segmentation approach based on actual behaviour". Paper presented in ICOT 2022 – International Conference on Tourism, Crete, 2022. Published Ferreira da Silva, M.; Martins, F.; Costa, C.; Pita, C.. "Tourism and Coastal & Maritime Cultural Heritage". Paper presented in INVTUR 2021, 2021. Published Ferreira da Silva, M.; Pita, C.; Martins, F.; Costa, C.; Baixinho, A.. "Addressing the threats on Tourism and Coastal Cultural Heritage: stakeholders’ perceptions about the Ria de Aveiro region (Central Portugal)". Paper presented in ICOT 2019 – International Conference on Tourism, Braga, 2019. Published Costa, C.; Veríssimo, M.; Stevic, Ivana; Ferreira da Silva, M.; Breda, Z.. "Local perspectives on tourism impacts and overtourism in urban areas, in ICOT 2019". Paper presented in ICOT 2019 – International Conference on Tourism, Braga, 2019. Published Martins, F; Pedrosa, André; Ferreira da Silva, M.; Fidélis. T.; Roebeling, Peter; Antunes; M.. "Promoting tourism businesses for “Salgado de Aveiro” rehabilitation". Paper presented in Tourism Naturally Conference, Kaprun, 2018. Published
Conference paper	Martins, Filomena; Silva, A.; Albuquerque, Helena. "A sustentabilidade das salinas: Novas abordagens, novas atividades". 2019. Ferreira da Silva, M.; Martins, F; Albuquerque, H. "Challenges in saltpans: From individual to collaborative strategies". Paper presented in Tourism Naturally Conference 2016, Alghero, 2016. Albuquerque, H; Ferreira da Silva, M.; Martins, F. "Revitalização das salinas costeiras tradicionais atravésdo turismo de saúde e bem-estar". Paper presented in VIII Congresso sobre Planeamento e Gestão das Zonas Costeiras dos Países de Expressão Portuguesa, Aveiro, 2015. Martin, F; Albuquerque, H; Ferreira da Silva, M.. "Learning about Natural places: Santiago da Fonte Saltpan Visitor Model". Paper presented in 7th World Environmental Education Congress, Marrakech, 2013. Martins, Filomena; Silva, A. M. Tavares dos Santos Ferreira da; Albuquerque, Helena; Martins, F; Silva, A.; Albuquerque, H. "Estratégias de revitalização das marinhas de sal: O caso da Marinha Santiago da Fonte". Paper presented in 1º Congresso GIAL, Cádiz, 2012.
Journal article	Ferreira da Silva, Ana Margarida; Costa, Carlos; Martins, Filomena; Pita, Cristina. "Is visitors’ future loyalty influenced by on-site experience intensity? Examining the mediating role of destination image and the moderating effect of visitors’ origin". European Journal of Tourism Research 38 (2024): 3806. http://dx.doi.org/10.54055/ejtr.v38i.3392. Open access • 10.54055/ejtr.v38i.3392 Stevic, Ivana; Rodrigues, Vítor; Breda, Zélia; Veríssimo, Medéia; da Silva, Ana Margarida Ferreira; da Costa, Carlos Manuel Martins. "Residents’ perceptions of negative tourism impacts and mitigation strategies: the case of Porto". International Journal of Tourism Cities (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijtc-11-2022-0254. 10.1108/ijtc-11-2022-0254 Ferreira da Silva, Margarida; Martins, Filomena; Costa, Carlos; Pita, Cristina. "Visitors’ experience in a coastal heritage context: A segmentation analysis and its influence on in situ destination image and loyalty". European Journal of Tourism Research 37 (2024): 3705. http://dx.doi.org/10.54055/ejtr.v37i.3238. Open access • Published • 10.54055/ejtr.v37i.3238 Elaine Azzopardi; Jasper Kenter; Juliette Young; Chris Leakey; Seb O'Connor; simone martino; Wesley Flannery; et al. "What are heritage values? Integrating natural and cultural heritage into environmental valuation". People and Nature (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10386. 10.1002/pan3.10386 Ferreira da Silva, M.; Vegas Macias, J. ; Taylor, S.; Ferguson, L.; Sousa, L.P.; Lamers, M.; Flannery, W.; et al. Corresponding author: Ferreira da Silva, M.. "Tourism and coastal & maritime cultural heritage: a dual relation". Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2022.2073825. 10.1080/14766825.2022.2073825 Flannery, W.; Ounanian, K.; Toonen, H.; van Tatenhove, J. P. M.; Murtagh, B.; Ferguson, L.; Delaney, A.; et al. Corresponding author: Flannery, W.. "Steering resilience in coastal and marine cultural heritage". Maritime Studies (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40152-022-00265-2. 10.1007/s40152-022-00265-2 Ounanian, Kristen; van Tatenhove, Jan P.M.; Hansen, Carsten Jahn; Delaney, Alyne E.; Bohnstedt, Hanne; Azzopardi, Elaine; Flannery, Wesley; et al. "Conceptualizing coastal and maritime cultural heritage through communities of meaning and participation". Ocean & Coastal Management 212 (2021): 105806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105806. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105806 Martins, Filomena; Pedrosa, André; da Silva, Margarida Ferreira; Fidélis, Teresa; Antunes, Marco; Roebeling, Peter. "Promoting tourism businesses for Salgado de Aveiro rehabilitation". Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism 29 (2020): 100236. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2019.100236. 10.1016/j.jort.2019.100236 Ferreira da Silva, M.; Albuquerque, H; Martins, F; Pinho, R; Almeida, M. "A relevância de atividades de educação não formal na promoção da autenticidade do território: O estudo de caso do modelo de formação de guias intérpretes na Marinha Santiago da Fonte". Revista Turismo & Desenvolvimento 27-28 (2017): 509-522. Published Martins, F.; Albuquerque, H; Ferreira da Silva, M.. "Salinas acessíveis – um projeto para todos: O caso da Marinha Santiago da Fonte em Aveiro". Turismo & Desenvolvimento 4 21-22 (2014): 377-392. Open access • Published
Online resource	Sousa, L.P.; Pita, C.; Ferreira da Silva, M.. Sousa, L.P.; Pita, Cristina Brice; da Silva, Ana Margarida Ferreira da Silva. Gentes da Ria: Pesca artesanal. 2021. https://youtu.be/e5qcqbGbPgQ. 2021. Sousa, L.P.; Pita, C.; Ferreira da Silva, M.. Sousa, L.P.; Pita, Cristina Brice; da Silva, Ana Margarida Ferreira da Silva. Gentes da Ria: Pesca do bacalhau. 2021. https://youtu.be/j89vYdR0UuQ. 2021. Sousa, L.P.; Pita, C.; Ferreira da Silva, M.. Sousa, L.P.; Pita, Cristina Brice; da Silva, Ana Margarida Ferreira da Silva. Gentes da Ria: A safra do sal. 2021. https://youtu.be/dLrsJs6mGxs.. 2021. Sousa, L.P.; Pita, C.; Ferreira da Silva, M.. Sousa, L.P.; Pita, Cristina Brice; da Silva, Ana Margarida Ferreira da Silva. Gentes da Ria: Embarcações tradicionais. 2021. https://youtu.be/VM0uzPmrwds.. 2021. Sousa, L.P.; Pita, C.; Ferreira da Silva, M.. Pita, Cristina Brice; Sousa, L.P.; da Silva, Ana MPita, Cristina Brice; Sousa, L.P.; da Silva, Ana Margarida Ferreira da Silva. Já conhece a herança marítima e costeira da região de Aveiro?. 2021. https://youtu.be/F48AZ1s_OQY.argarida Ferreira. Já conhece a herança marítima e costeira da região de Aveiro?. 2021. https://youtu.be/F48AZ1s_OQY.. 2021.
Report	Martins, F; Ferreira da Silva, M.; Albuquerque, H; Rocha, Fernando. 2014. Workshop Clays, Health and Wellbeing. Martins, F; Ferreira da Silva, M.; Albuquerque, H. 2014. Workshop Salt – To be got rid of or to know?,. Martins, F; Ferreira da Silva, M.; Albuquerque, H. 2014. Workshop Special Public – The promotion of accessible tourism in saltpans.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/10/11	Lecture for students of Inhambane School of Hospitality and Tourism part of University Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique) from four bachelor’s degrees: hotel management, tourism market management, tourism animation and tourism information within the tourism marketing course, aiming at raising awareness that local identities are relevant to destination image.	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Inhambane, Mozambique)
2024/05/08	Are destination perceptions and recommendation intentions the same for residents, domestic and international visitors? The Aveiro city case study.	INVTUR 2024 University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2024	Traditional saltpans and tourism: Is it an opportunity	ICOT 2024 - International Conference on Tourism (Corfu, Greece)
2023/06/23	The influence of on-site heritage experience on destination loyalty: examining the mediating role of destination image and the moderating effect of visitors’ origin	ICOT 2023- International Conference on Tourism IATOUR (Nicosia, Cyprus)
2022/06/24	Experiential familiarity and coastal & maritime cultural heritage (CMCH) in-situ experience intensity: a segmentation approach based on actual behavior	ICOT 2022 - International Conference on Tourism IATOUR (Retimno, Crete, Greece)
2021/05	Tourism and Coastal & Maritime Cultural Heritage	INVTUR 2021 University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/06/26	Addressing the threats on Tourism and Coastal Cultural Heritage: stakeholders’ perceptions about the Ria de Aveiro region (Central Portugal)	ICOT 2019 – International Conference on Tourism IATOUR (Braga)
2019/06/26	Local perspectives on tourism impacts and overtourism in urban areas	ICOT 2019 – International Conference on Tourism IATOUR (Braga)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2015 - 2024	Annual training for UA merit scholarship students; and an interdisciplinary collaboration joining scientific and traditional knowledge (salt workers) to apply a tour guide model that aims to disseminate the ancient natural and cultural coastal heritage to academics and the general public at the few traditional active saltpans. (2015 - 2024)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/01/01 - 2022/03/01	Inhambane (Mozambique) image as a tourist destination, an event held at ESHTI-UEM with 20 Inhambane stakeholders decision makers, industry and interest groups such as academics and heritage and local communities’ associations) to discuss the future study on the relevance of heritage and local communities for the image of Inhambane, Mozambique. (2022/03/01 - 2022/03/01) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo, Mozambique
2021/01 - 2021/05	INVTUR 2021 (2021/05 - 2021/05) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/01/28 - 2021/01/28	Open classes for students at University Portucalense to the tourism and hospitality master’s course to debate challenges in designing a research project. (2021/01/28 - 2021/01/28) Other	Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal
2021/01 - 2021/01	Assessing cultural-temporal manifestations of coastal and maritime cultural heritage , involving Ilhavo Senior University, Portugal, to test the framework regarding the states of heritage. (2021/01 - 2021/01) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021 - 2021	Capacity building course for Aveiro maritime tour operators in natural and cultural heritage on board the moliceiro (traditional boat) (2021 - 2021) Other (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020/11/05 - 2020/11/05	Open classes for students at University Portucalense in the tourism destination management course of the tourism and hospitality management bachelor’s degree programme with the objective of promoting a discussion on tourism as an opportunity or a threat to heritage. (2020/11/05 - 2020/11/05) Other (Co-organisor)	Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Centro de Investigação em Gestão e Economia, Portugal
2020/03 - 2020/03	Discussion forum for professors and researchers on research and cooperation, aiming at presenting research lines for establishing cooperation and funding opportunities. (2020/03 - 2020/03) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo, Mozambique
2019 - 2020	Training activities for University of Aveiro master students on methodologies to apply questionnaires (2019 - 2020)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2024/11 - Current	National Tourism Platform	member of the Culture, Heritage and Creativity think tank

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	Member of the coordination team of a study regarding the relevance of heritage and local communities for the image of Inhambane (Mozambique), involving 3 universities, University Eduardo Mondlane, the University of Aveiro and the University of Crete. Coordinator

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2024/01 - 2024/05	INVTUR 2024	University of Aveiro

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2021 - Current	Journal of Tourism and Development	University of Aveiro
2021 - Current	Scientific Journal of University Eduardo Mondlane	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane