Gorete DINIS is coordinator and professor of the BSc in Tourism at the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (PIP) / School of Education and Social Sciences. She has a degree in Management and Planning in Tourism, a Master on Innovation, Planning and Development Policies and a PhD in Tourism, all from the University of Aveiro. She is a researcher at Research Center on Health and Social Sciences (CARE), Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies Research Unit and of Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation (CITUR). During recent years she has published several scientific articles, presented communications and participated in various projects in areas such as planning and management of tourist destinations, tourism indicators and ICT applied to the tourism, media tourism, teaching and learning in tourism.