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Abstract(s)
O arquipélago dos Açores tornou-se nos últimos anos um destino privilegiado de mergulho em Portugal e tem vindo a assumir o mergulho como um dos produtos estratégicos para o seu desenvolvimento turístico. O propósito deste estudo foi determinar as estratégias de marketing utilizadas pelos centros de mergulho dos Açores e perceber os fatores que afetam o seu planeamento através de uma análise descritiva. A amostra estudada incluiu dezanove centros de mergulho da Região e o questionário realizado aos mesmos permitiu identificar quatro estratégias de marketing como sendo as mais utilizadas: redes sociais (95%), site oficial (95%), prospeto informativo (68%) e participação em feiras/exposições internacionais (63%). Todas as quatro estratégias foram consideradas importantes pelas empresas. O maior consenso entre empresas a nível de importância é relativo à técnica de marketing word-of-mouth. Os resultados demonstram que os clientes dos centros de mergulho são maioritariamente estrangeiros (76%), sendo a nacionalidade predominante a alemã. Foi também possível aferir que os centros de mergulho de menor dimensão possuem um grau do desenvolvimento do planeamento estratégico maior do que os centros de mergulho de maior dimensão e que 63% dos centros de mergulho tem uma boa perceção do sucesso das suas estratégias de marketing. No futuro, 84% dos centros de mergulho estudados pretende melhorar o seu marketing.
ABSTRACT: The Azores archipelago in the last few years has become a major diving destination in Portugal and has been taking the scuba diving as a strategic product for tourism development. The purpose of this study was to determine the marketing strategies used by Azores dive centers and understand the factors that affect their planning through a descriptive analysis. The sample included nineteen dive centers and the survey carried out identified four marketing strategies as the most used by them: social networks (95%), official site (95%), brochures (68%) and participation in international fairs/exhibitions (63%). All four marketing strategies were considered important by dive canter’s. The greatest consensus level of importance between dive centers is on the word-of-mouth marketing technique. The results demonstrate that the customer dive centers are mostly foreign (76%) and principally of German nationality. It was also possible to determine that the smaller dive centers have a bigger development degree of strategic planning than the larger dive centers and that 63% of the dive centers have a good perception of the success of their marketing strategies. In the future, 84% of the studied dive centers want to improve their marketing.
ABSTRACT: The Azores archipelago in the last few years has become a major diving destination in Portugal and has been taking the scuba diving as a strategic product for tourism development. The purpose of this study was to determine the marketing strategies used by Azores dive centers and understand the factors that affect their planning through a descriptive analysis. The sample included nineteen dive centers and the survey carried out identified four marketing strategies as the most used by them: social networks (95%), official site (95%), brochures (68%) and participation in international fairs/exhibitions (63%). All four marketing strategies were considered important by dive canter’s. The greatest consensus level of importance between dive centers is on the word-of-mouth marketing technique. The results demonstrate that the customer dive centers are mostly foreign (76%) and principally of German nationality. It was also possible to determine that the smaller dive centers have a bigger development degree of strategic planning than the larger dive centers and that 63% of the dive centers have a good perception of the success of their marketing strategies. In the future, 84% of the studied dive centers want to improve their marketing.
Description
Dissertação de Mestrado, Gestão do Turismo Internacional, 6 de Julho de 2016, Universidade dos Açores.
Keywords
Marketing Mergulho Turismo Açores Scuba Diving Tourism
Citation
Lopes, Cláudia Luísa Salvador Hipólito. "Marketing do produto turístico ‘Mergulho’ nos Açores". 2016. 144 p.. (Dissertação de Mestrado em Gestão do Turismo Internacional). Ponta Delgada: Universidade dos Açores, 2016. [Consult. Dia Mês Ano]. Disponível em www:<http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3837>.