Gastronomic Identity and the Role of the Confraternities in the Valorisation of Local Products. The Confraternity of Bucho Raiano in the Promotion of Culture and Inland Tourism

Fernandes Gonçalo Poeta (), Costa Adriano () and Cerveira Rui ()
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Fernandes Gonçalo Poeta: Polytechnic Institute of Guarda & CITUR – Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation, Portugal
Costa Adriano: Polytechnic Institute of Guarda & CITUR – Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation, Portugal
Cerveira Rui: Polytechnic Institute of Guarda & CITUR – Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation, Portugal

European Countryside, 2024, vol. 16, issue 1, 151-167

Abstract: Considering gastronomy as a source of expression of local culture, its use in tourism can contribute to enhancing and adding value to the destination, as well as encourage the pride of the local community, stimulating its production and consumption, and its dissemination outside the region. Bucho Raiano is a gastronomic product of identity and representativeness for the inland border region of Portugal (Riba Côa), for which its confraternity seeks the dissemination, the promotion of its consumption, and enhancement as a cultural resource. In this context, we seek to frame the Bucho Raiano gastronomic product, its identity, and the role of the confreres in its promotion and dissemination. Thus, this research aims to contextualize the Confraria do Bucho Raiano as a case study, evaluate the confreres’ perception of the confraternity’s mission, its strategies and contributions to the promotion and enhancement of this gastronomic product. The aim is to find out whether Bucho can be an important tourist product for this region and, consequently, strengthen the link between traditional local gastronomy and the tourist destination, according to the confreres’ perception.

Keywords: Gastronomy; Tourism; Bucho Raiano; Confraternity; Food heritage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.2478/euco-2024-0009

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