The Future of Education

Goretti Silva is Associate Professor since 2012 in Tourism Studies at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, and lecturer since 2002. She obtained her PhD degree at Bournemouth University (UK), about the role of social relationships, conceptualized as social capital and social support, in the creation and management of Tourism related small family businesses in rural areas. Her interests include tourism as a strategy for rural development, particularly in peripheral regions, SME’s in Tourism, tourism destination sustainable development, Tourism development in protected areas, and tourism planning at regional, local and project level. She coordinates Project INCOME: Innovative Cooperation Business – HEI learning model for Tourism, reference 588476-EPP-1-2017-1-PT-EPPKA2-KA. Erasmus + Programme – Key Action 2 (KA2) — Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices Call for Proposals EAC/A03/2016 – Knowledge Alliances.