Cultural tourism is a growing economic activity forecasted to continue expanding. In the present, UNWTO (2018) estimated that four out of ten tourists choose their destination based on its cultural offering.

Accordingly, culture - as a tourism resource, product or experience -has an important value both for tourists and host communities, shaping community identities and fostering respect and tolerance among individuals.

In consequence, the ‘interconnectivity’ between tourism, culture and creativity has been deepening in the framework of sustainable development. The megatrends towards adding culture as the fourth dimension of sustainability has support in the 2030 Agenda and its goals. Simultaneously, the interconnection between this Agenda and the 2005 Convention and subsequent second Global Report (2018) is underlined in the document titled ‘Culture in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda: A report by the culture 2030 goal campaign’ and in several public debates known as ‘Create 2030’.

This thematic edition titled ‘Cultural Tourism: New Products Tendencies’ aims to discuss the importance of this type of tourism, once culture is recognised as strategic to the future of tourism competitivity and sustainability. Different types of cultural tourism are considered, from more tangible expressions (such as literature, artwork, industrial heritage) to more intangible ones (celebrations, wine, …), among others.

Guest-Editors: Cláudia Henriques, Pedro Bittencourt César, Lurdes Varela and Maria Cristina Moreira

 Guest-Editors: Javier Perez-Aranda and Manuela Guerreiro

 Guest-editors: Gabriela Gonçalves, Joana Santos and Cátia Sousa

Guest-Editor: José António C. Santos

Guest-Editors: Cláudia Ribeiro de Almeida and Ana Isabel Renda

Guest-Editors: Nelson Matos, Manuela Guerreiro, Júlio Mendes and Bernardete Sequeira

Guest-Editors: Teresa de Noronha and Emiliana Mangone

 Guest-Editors: Gabriela Gonçalves and António Oliveira e Sousa

Guest-Editors: Cláudia Ribeiro de Almeida and Jorge Abrantes

Guest-Editors: Saul Neves de Jesus, Thomas Panagopoulos, João Albino Silva, Teresa de Noronha

Guest-Editor: José Santos

Guest-Editor: Eric Vaz

Guest-Editor: Teresa de Noronha

Guest-Editors: Saul Neves de Jesus, António Fragoso and Thomas Panagopoulos

Guest-Editors: Cláudia Henriques and Francisco Serra

Guest-Editor: Saul Neves de Jesus

Guest-Editors: Cláudia Ribeiro de Almeida and Vânia Costa

Guest-Editor: Dora Agapito

Guest-Editor: Saul Neves de Jesus

Guest-Editor: Gabriela Gonçalves

Guest-Editor: Ana Paula Barreira

Guest-Editor: Sílvia Fernandes

Guest-Editor: José de São José

Guest-Editors: Patrícia Oom do Valle, Júlio Mendes and Manuela Guerreiro

Guest-Editor: Eric Vaz