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Sustainable tourism fair
Set up
We chose the area of sustainable tourism
as one of the potential economic resource
and areas of employment of the future.
We carried out a research on Boiros
heritage: environmental (the rivers, the
Barbanza mountain range, the sea, flora
and fauna) historical (monumental and
popular architecture) and intangible
(celebrations, sayings, songs and food)e.
We tried to promote sustainable tourism
as a way to contribute both to the
preservation of the unique values of our
local area and to its economic
development.
We organised a sustainable tourism fair
in wich each group tried to attract tourists
by displaying information on the heritage
values of a chosen area through
information stands. We all did our best to
prepare the most appealing stands.
Riverside landscape
We displayed information on Boiro rivers. We recreated a
river ecosysteme and distributed hand made pins among the
public. We all shared a delicious sponge cake.
Flora from the mountains and the valley
Our aim was to create
awareness and knowledge of
our native flora.
We collected plants, flowers,
fruits and seedpods from the
area.
We related the flora to our
local traditions and
celebrations (Saint John night),
prepared herbal drinks
(fennel tea), carried out
games and even collected
signatures to raise awareness
on the need to protect our
environment.
Monumental architecture
The Goians palace is
one of the most
significant examples of
monumental
architecture in Boiro
and was one of the
themes of our fair.
We will all love to
have the palace
restored and open to
the public.
Popular architecture
Granaries, barns, houses, fountains, watermills, fords,
are some of the examples of our abundant popular
architecture.
The sea
The sea is part of our
everyday life, and as
such, it was present in
our fair.
We have both sea and
mountain at walking
distance.
We try to promote use
and enjoyment of the
sea with preservation of
the sand dune
environment.
Our intangible heritage
Now that summer is
coming we can enjoy
different traditional
festivities. Our favourite
is San Ramn romeria.
Some of us have been
practising hard for the
anual threshing bee.
We shared traditional
tales, sayings and songs.
We shared home made
bread.
Conclusions
We learnt a great deal
about our own local area,
and now we value more
our heritage.
We had great fun
organising the sustainable
tourism fair and visiting
one another stands.
Students and teachers
from the whole school
came to learn with us.
Everybody is invited to
visit Boiro!
Bibliography and authorship
The authors of the sustainable tourism fair are: Miguel
ngel Arajo Prez, Ana Bugallo Snchez, Christian
Bustelo Yez, Jos Cabrera Allal, Carlos Cajaraville
Lojo, Sergio Calo Oliveira, Manuel Campos Garca,
scar Castro Garca, Alex Ferreirs Lao, Agustn R.
Figueira Crcamo, Ignacio E. Figueira Crcamo, Rubn
Garca Ces, Alba Garca Nieto, Tareixa Gmez Silva,
Jorge Gnzalez Vilarnovo, Jennifer Lago Pieiro, Ral
Lapido Iglesias, Mauro Lojo Vidal, Carlos Lorenzo
Ramallo, Julia Martnez Tom, Juan C. Miguns
Snchez, Jos A. Mirn Sampedro, Alejandro Muiz da
Costa, Rubn Muiz Treus, Samuel Muiz Vidal, Sara
Outeiral Lago, Yanira Pieiro Trianes, Sonia Pouso
Sobrado, Valeria Rial Redondo, Hugo Riveiro Fidalgo,
Javier Rodrguez Fernndez, M Camila Rodrguez
Soto, Elas Romero Tubo, Mara Saborido Gey, Esther
Snchez Calo, Sara Santamara Martnez, Martn Seco
Garca, Andrea Surez Snchez, Lara Tarro Moreno.
Sabela Cobas was the teacher who help us do this
project.
This project was carried out mainly
through fieldwork and research on
primary sources.
All the photographs were taken by us, excepto
for the old fishermen photographs, wich belong
to Raul Lapido family lbum.
We would like to thank our neighbours, Friends
and family for helping us in our research. This
Project would not have been posible without
them.
We used information from Boiro tourist brochures:
http://www.boiro.org
Domnguez Lerena, S e Martnez Rodrguez, E.
(2003): Os segredos das rbores (Gua
informativa. Xunta de Galicia.
Caamao, M. (2009): Galicia as construcins da
arquitectura popular. Editorial Hrcules.