Eurico, Sofia TeixeiraOliveira, Fernanda Maria Fernandes2026-03-022026-03-022015-05Eurico, Sofia & Oliveira, Fernanda. (2015). Sustainable tourism development of rural destinations: The schist Villages, Portugal. 10.1079/9781780644585.01699781780644585http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/15755This chapter highlights how the 'Schist Villages Programme', financed through European Union funding, has been developed since 2001 in a rural and socio-economic isolated area of Portugal. This chapter demonstrates how the creation of the 'Schist Villages' brand is based on a coordinated process of planning, involving different local, regional and national actors and their utilization of the principles of sustainability.engSustainable tourismrural destinationsSchist VillagesPortugalbook part10.1079/9781780644585.0169