Among the Pilgrim / Cultural Routes of Europe, the Santiago Way is the most popular. There are many other Pilgrims’ Ways in Europe and other might be created as the Romeiros Way in São Miguel Island / Azores. Most of them can be explored as tourist products without losing their religious character.
For most of those who have already walked a Pilgrim / Cultural Way, it is evident that the same resource / product is used / exploited differently in the crossed municipalities, damaging its general image.
An innovative Conceptual Model (built by this article’s author) allows the survey and a homogeneous evaluation throughout the entire Path / Way. On the one hand, allows the perception of the different variables involved in the product Romeiros Way, and on the other hand, facilitates a measuring instrument in relation to the actual state of each variable, enabling also to foresee what has to be done for accomplishing the best solutions for each variable.
The Conceptual Model and subsequent Diagnostic Matrix (simple and easily understood by all beneficiaries) allow public and private actors, such as local authorities, Associations of the Way and economic agents, to realize what role to play in the development and future hegemony of the Way, uniting their efforts to harmonize the quality of the product.
This work is supported by national funds, through the FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology under the project UIDB/04470/2020 CiTUR
Keywords: Romeiros Way|Conceptual Model|Diagnostic Matrix
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