Touristic value of traditional house

1. Second Transnational Exchange
Seia - Portugal
May 8th - 14th 2016

2. “The traditional house
and
sustainable development”

3. This theme was selected after we came across some of the
problems in our region, which are:
 Low agriculture profit.
 The closure of a large number of textile factories.
 The lack of investments that can help the economy grow.
 The economic and financial crisis that our country is
going through.
 The lack of jobs opportunities.
The population has migrated and villages are
becoming deserted.

4. “Does the preservation of the traditional houses
contribute to a sustainable development?”
We considered that maybe the traditional houses would
contribute to the improvement of our current situation,
so we came across a main question for our research:

5. Does the traditional house have any touristic
value?
We created several questions and possible
solutions concerning the problem under study.

6. We came up with a questionnaire to be
answered by people who have traditional houses
associated with rural tourism.
We wanted to characterize the sample through
the different ages and studies that each
person/owner had.

7. 1- Type of building:
1.1- Approximate area of the house
1.2- Building Material
2- Location of the construction: Village /
Isolated (farm)

8. 4- Is the income provided by the touristic houses
enough for their owners to live only on it?
Yes / No
4.1- If not, what is/are the reason/s?
3- The owners live :
In the house
Other house, in the same village
In another village

9. 5- What type of changes/repairs has the owner been doing in
the house?
 Maintenance work
 Restoration work
 Solar panels placement
 Double glass windows placement
 Improvement of the rainwaters usage system
 Placement of “eco-friendly”/water saving taps
 LED illumination placement
 Introduction of thermal insulation on the roof
 Introduction of thermal insulation on the walls
 Placement of water saving toilets
 Introduction of waste separation system

10. 6- Is it easy for the owner to rent their house?
Yes / No
7- What is the feedback given by the visitors?
(beauty / comfort)
8- What is the visitors’ opinion on the house
surroundings?

11. 9- How would you rate the region
infrastructures?
Very Good
Good
Satisfactory
Bad
Terrible
10- What do you think it is missing in
this place that could increase tourism?
11-Would you say that having traditional
houses is important for the different
regions?
Yes / No
11.1- Why?

12. After analyzing the data already
obtained from the questionnaires we
can already say that:
- The people who develop this kind
of business have, in general, high
academic studies.
- They all value the preservation of
small villages because that makes
their business more well-known
and appealing to tourists.
- The income they get from this
houses is enough to keep them
“working” and open, but they
aren’t able to make a living with
that profit, they usually have
another job.

13. Collaborated: Maria Miguel
Maria Monteiro
Pedro Dinis
Ana Clara
Francisca Albuquerque
Beatriz Brito
Carolina Saraiva
Rafael Pina
Bernardo Almeida
Marta Nolasco
João Bernardo
Diogo Vidas
Joana Santos
Cristiana Correia
Diana Figueiredo
Bernardo Albano
Diogo Ferreira