Rui Costa was born in Oliveira de Azeméis, district of Aveiro. He graduated in Tourism Management and Planning in 1988, completed the Master’s degree in Innovation and Development Policies in 2005 and the PhD in Tourism in 2012, at the University of Aveiro.
He is Assistant Professor in Tourism at the Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism of the University of Aveiro. He is an Integrated Member of the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies, part of the Research Group in Tourism and Development. He develops his research on planning and development in tourism, networks, governance and public policy, territorial dynamics of investment and financing of small and micro enterprises in the tourism sector. He participates in several projects of applied research, nationally and internationally, and he is author and co-author of several papers in national and international journals.
He is also member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Tourism & Development and member of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference INVTUR.
Publications
Current Issues in Tourism | 2024
Adriana Chim-Miki
Rui da Costa
Rodrigo Oliveira-Ribeiro
Anatolia | 2024
Adriana Chim-Miki
Rui da Costa
Rodrigo Oliveira-Ribeiro
Turismo: Visão e Ação | 2023
Adriana Chin-Miki
Jefferson Monticelli
Rui Da Costa
Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research | 2023
Minwoo Lee
Annamarie Sisson
Rui Costa
Billy Bai
2023
Filipa Almeida
Rui da Costa
Filipa Brandão
Márcio Martins
UA Editora | 2023
António Moreira
Daniel Polónia
Andreia Vitória
Cláudia Silva
Conceição Cunha
Jorge Mota
Nina Szczygiel
Rui da Costa
Vera Vale
2023
Márcio Martins
Cláudia Costa
Rui Costa
2022
Zelia Breda
Rui Costa
Gorete Dinis
Amandine Martins
International Journal of Tourism Research | 2022
Márcio Martins
Rui da Costa
António Moreira
2022
Ana Campante
Rui Costa
Márcio Martins