Publication

LETS Book 2022 in preparation

LETS researchers are lovingly preparing a new book to be released in May 2022.

Organized by professors Iara Brasileiro (UnB), David Bouças (UFMA), Helena Costa (UnB) and Daniela Fantoni (University of the Azores), the book will bring contributions from the group's researchers, based on their experiences and work developed over the last two years. The chapters will address multiple reflections of the pandemic on the tourism sector.

We will have the preface by Professor Dr. Rita Cruz from USP, coordinator of the Tourism Research Network in Times of Pandemic.

The book will be digital, free and available on our platforms.

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