**Isabel Borges**

Isabel Borges holds a Ph.D. in Tourism, Leisure, and Culture from the University of Coimbra and a Diploma in Advanced Studies in the same scientific area. She worked for 15 years in the wine tourism industry, developing projects related to hospitality and tourism. She is a coordinator professor and Dean at the IEES (Instituto Europeu de Estudos Superiores). Her research interests are mainly centred on religious material culture, religious tourism, cultural tourism, pilgrimages, cultural heritage, heritage interpretation and enhancement, universal accessibility tourism and development, and wine tourism, having already published several papers in those areas.

#### **Helena Albuquerque**

Helena Albuquerque is an Associated Professor in the Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture and a member of the REMIT research unit (Research on Economics, Management, and Information Technologies) of Portucalense University (Portugal). She also collaborates with the GOVCOPP (Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness, and Public Policies) of Aveiro University, Portugal. She has participated in research projects in the areas of sustainable tourism, environmental conservation, research management and climate change, wine tourism, and cultural heritage. Her main research interests are sustainable tourism, geographic information systems applied to tourism, nature tourism, wine tourism, and territorial sustainable management.
