Safe and security as a component of quality in tourism: the case of Galicia

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Jaime Álvarez de la Torre
Universidade da Coruña
Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5899-2805
Diego Rodríguez-Toubes Muñíz
Universidade de Vigo
Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7017-6659
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2014), Monograph. Quality and sustainable tourism, pages 1-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17979/rotur.2014.7.1.1282
Submitted: Jul 20, 2015 Published: Aug 1, 2014
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Safe and security is increasing relevant in choosing to visit a destination and it has become a critical key. Nowadays safe and security is a very important factor of competitiveness. This new dimension in tourism is very close to quality culture, both of them aimed at absence of defects. Despite Galicia is a safe destination, it also has been affected by negative events, for this reason, it should promote the image as a safe and quality  destination. This work was carried out by conducting in depth- interviews with several experts in different fields.

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safe and security in tourism, quality, promotion, sustainability

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