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Degree in Tourism, Master in Tourism Planning and Management and PhD in Tourism (University of Vigo). Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Sociology, and Management at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (Portugal) since 2022. Researcher at the Centre for Transdisciplinary Studies for Development (CETRAD) since 2017. She has been involved in projects in the area of tourism marketing.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
María Nieves Losada Sánchez

Citation names

  • Losada, Nieves

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5417-5A35-9F86
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7841-6290
Scopus Author Id
57468299300

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Galician Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2010 - 2013
Concluded
 Turismo/ PhD (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
"Comportamiento turístico de los senior a partir de las variables del ciclo de vida, nivel sociocultural y factores autopercibidos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Apto "Cum Laude"
2006 - 2008
Concluded
 Mestrado em Direção e Planeamento do Turismo/Master in Tourism Planning and Management (Mestrado)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
"N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 N/A
2006
Concluded
 TURISMO/Bachelor Degree (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
"N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/04/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes Centro de Estudos Transdisciplinares para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes Centro de Estudos Transdisciplinares para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2016/11 - Current Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2016/07 - 2016/09 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2014/08 - 2014/08 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2012/09 - 2012/12 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2010/06 - 2012/08 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Vigo, Spain

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/05/02 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2017/09/01 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes Centro de Estudos Transdisciplinares para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2020/07/01 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Departamento de Economia Sociologia e Gestão, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2020/07/01 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Vigo - Campus Ourense, Spain
2013/09 - 2015/07 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2013/09 - 2015/02 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Vigo, Spain
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/04 - Current PROMOTOURVR "Promoting tourism destinarions with multissensory immersive media"
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031309
Researcher
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes Centro de Estudos Transdisciplinares para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Ongoing
2016/11 - 2018/11 Tourism and technological innovation in the Douro / DOUROTUR-TURISMO E INNOVAÇÃO TECNOLÓGICA NO DOURO/
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000014
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Concluded
2016/07 - 2016/09 Analysis of tourist demand in Galicia / Análise da demanda turística de Galicia
Xunta de Galicia
Researcher
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
Concluded
2014/08 - 2014/08 Tourism and new technologies. Potentiality of Ourense as a smart destination and its impact on the sector / Turismo e novas tecnoloxías. Potencialidade de Ourense como smart destination e a súa repercusión para o sector
INOU2014
Researcher
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
Concluded
2012/09 - 2012/12 Senior tourism and its connection to the thermal sector. Potentiality and applicability for the tourist activity of Ourense / Turismo senior e a súa vinculación ao sector termal. Potencial e aplicabilidade para a actividade turística de Ourense
INOU2012
Researcher
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
Concluded
2010/06 - 2012/08 Senior tourism: potentialities for tourist destinations / Turismo senior: potencialidades como dinamizador de destinos turísticos
INCITE
Researcher
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2017/07/01 - 2019/12/01 GEOARPAD: Cultural heritage of the Euro-region Galicia-North of Portugal: Valorization and Innovation / GEOARPAD: Património cultural da Euro-região Galiza-Norte de Portugal: Valorização e Inovação
POCTEP - Ref:769
Researcher
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes Centro de Estudos Transdisciplinares para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Losada, N.; Jorge, F.; Teixeira, M.S.; Melo, M.; Bessa, M.. Could Virtual Reality Substitute the ‘Real’ Experience? Evidence from a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Northern Portugal. 2021.
    10.1007/978-981-33-4260-6_14
Book chapter
  1. Losada, Nieves. "Social Tourism for Seniors in Spain: An Example to be followed?". CABI, 2021.
    Accepted
  2. González, E.A.; Vila, T.D.; Sánchez, N.L.. "Social Tourism for Seniors in Spain: An Example to be Followed?". 72-82. 2021.
  3. Domínguez, Trinidad; De Carlos, Pablo; Rodríguez, Lorenzo; Losada, Nieves; Alén, Elisa. "Turismo e novas tecnoloxías. Potencialidade de Ourense como smart destination e a súa repercusión para o sector". In Proxectos INOU 2014. Investigação aplicada na provincia de Ourense, 61-86. Ourense: Universidade de Vigo. Vicerreitoría da Universidade de Vigo, 2015.
    Published
  4. Domínguez, Trinidad; Alén, Elisa; De Carlos, Pablo; Rodríguez, Lorenzo; Losada, Nieves. "Turismo senior e a súa vinculación ao sector termal. Potencial e aplicabilidade para a actividade turística de Ourense". In Proxectos INOU 2012. Investigação aplicada na provincia de Ourense, 173-202. Ourense: Universidade de Vigo. Vicerreitoría do Campus de Ourense, 2014.
    Published
  5. Alén, Elisa; Domínguez, Trinidad; Losada, Nieves. "Turismo senior. Algo más que programas del IMSERSO". In Turismos de Interior, 483-494. Madrid: Pirámide, 2013.
    Published
  6. Alén, Elisa; Domínguez, Trinidad; Losada, Nieves. "New Opportunities for the Tourism Market: Senior Tourism and Accessible Tourism". In Visions for Global Tourism Industry - Creating and Sustaining Competitive Strategies, 139-166. N/A: InTech, 2012.
    Published • 10.5772/38092
  7. Losada, Nieves. "Val de Monterrei – Alto Tâmega: Destino turístico termal transfronteirizo". In O desenvolvemento turístico dende a visión dos posgraduados en Dirección e Planificación do Turismo, 70-79. Ourense: Servizo de Publicacións da Universidade de Vigo, 2009.
    Published
  8. Losada, Nieves. "Impactos del peregrino en la Vía de la Plata". In II Edición Becas de Investigación Caminos Jacobeos, 115-145. Santiago de Compostela: Asociación de Cámaras Oficiales de Comercio, Industria y Navegación de los Caminos Jacobeos, 2009.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Mota, G.; Losada, N.. "On-line touristic representations of Douro (Northern Portugal): The case of municipalities websites". Paper presented in ATLAS Annual Conference 2017 Destinations past, present and future, Viana do Castelo, 2017.
    Published
  2. Losada, Nieves; Alén, Elisa; Sánchez Fernández, P.. "Mayores y turismo. Un análisis exploratorio en Galicia". Paper presented in XXI International Conference of AEDEM, Budapest, 2012.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Losada Sánchez, M.N.; Alén González, M.E.; Domínguez Vila, T.. "Termalismo sénior en España". Paper presented in I Congreso Internacional da auga: Termalismo e Calidade de Vida, Ourense, 2015.
    Published
  2. Losada, Nieves; Alén, Elisa; Domínguez, Trinidad. "Barreras para el viaje de los seniors en función de las variables del ciclo de vida y el nivel sociocultural". Paper presented in XXV Jornadas Hispanolusas de Gestión Científica: Tendiendo puentes entre la investigación y la transferencia de conocimiento, Ourense, 2015.
    Published
  3. Losada Sánchez, M.N.; Alén González, M.E.; Domínguez Vila, T.. "Evaluación de los factores explicativos de la propensión a viajar de los senior". Paper presented in ICIEMC. International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Aveiro, 2014.
    Published
  4. Alén, Elisa; Losada, N.; Domínguez, Trinidad. "Termalismo y turismo sénior". Paper presented in TERMATALIA: Feria Internacional de Turismo de Salud y Bienestar, Argentina, 2014.
    Published
  5. Losada, Nieves; Alén, Elisa; Domínguez, Trinidad. "Interrelación entre los factores push y pull en el mercado turístico senior". Paper presented in XXV Congreso Nacional de Marketing, AEMARK, Barcelona, 2013.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Nuno Sousa; Filipa Jorge; Mário Sérgio Teixeira; Nieves Losada; Miguel Melo; Maximino Bessa. "An Exploratory Study about the Effect of COVID-19 on the Intention to Adopt Virtual Reality in the Tourism Sector". Sustainability (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/11/8725.
    10.3390/su15118725
  2. Melo, M.; Coelho, H.; Gonçalves, G.; Losada, N.; Jorge, F.; Teixeira, M.S.; Bessa, M.. "Immersive multisensory virtual reality technologies for virtual tourism: A study of the user’s sense of presence, satisfaction, emotions, and attitudes". Multimedia Systems (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85124287819&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00530-022-00898-7
  3. Jorge, F.; Paulino, M.; Teixeira, M.S.; Losada, N.; Gonçalves, R.; Martins, J.. "The determinants of tourism products online shopping by spanish consumers,Determinantes de la compra online de productos turísticos por los consumidores españoles". RISTI - Revista Iberica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informacao 2020 E34 (2020): 527-541. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85092363676&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  4. Nicolau, Juan Luis; Losada, Nieves; Alén, Elisa; Domínguez, Trinidad. "The Staged Nature of Decision Making among Senior Tourists". Journal of Travel Research 59 4 (2019): 602-613. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287519851229.
    10.1177/0047287519851229
  5. Losada, Nieves; Alén, Elisa; Cotos-Yáñez, Tomás R.; Domínguez, Trinidad. "Spatial heterogeneity in Spain for senior travel behavior". Tourism Management 70 (2019): 444-452.
    Published • 10.1016/j.tourman.2018.09.011
  6. Losada, N.; Mota, G.. "'Slow down, your movie is too fast': Slow tourism representations in the promotional videos of the Douro region (Northern Portugal)". Journal of Destination Marketing and Management 11 (2019): 140-149. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85061643229&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jdmm.2018.12.007
  7. Gomes, C.; Losada, N.; Pereiro, X.. "Motivations of pilgrims on the Portuguese inner way to santiago de compostela". International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage 7 2 (2019): 31-40. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85066748224&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  8. Mota, G.; Losada, N.. "Touristic promotion in the municipalities websites: The case of Douro region (NUT III),Promoção turística nos websites municipais: O caso da região do Douro (NUT III)". Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais 47 (2018): 49-71. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85040828115&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  9. Alén, Elisa; Losada, Nieves; De Carlos, Pablo. "Profiling the segments of senior tourists throughout motivation and travel characteristics". Current Issues in Tourism 20 14 (2017): 1454-1469.
    Published • 10.1080/13683500.2015.1007927
  10. Alén, E.; Losada, N.; De Carlos, P.. "Understanding tourist behaviour of senior citizens: Lifecycle theory, continuity theory and a generational approach". Ageing & Society 37 7 (2017): 1338-1361.
    Published • 10.1017/S0144686X16000325
  11. Alén, Elisa; Losada, Nieves; Domínguez, Trinidad. "Activity of older tourists: Understanding their participation in social tourism programs". Journal of Vacation Marketing 4 23 (2017): 295-306.
    Published • 10.1177/1356766716671165
  12. Losada, N.; Alén, E.; Nicolau, Juan Luis; Domínguez, T.. "Senior tourists´ accommodation choices". International Journal of Hospitality Management 66 (2017): 24-34.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijhm.2017.06.014
  13. Losada, Nieves; Alén, Elisa; Domínguez, Trinidad; Nicolau, Juan Luis. "Travel frequency of seniors tourists". Tourism Management 53 53 (2016): 88-95.
    Published • 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.09.013
  14. Alén, Elisa; Losada, Nieves; Domínguez, Trinidad. "The Impact of Ageing on the Tourism Industry: An Approach to the Senior Tourist Profile". Social Indicators Research 127 1 (2016): 303-322.
    Published • 10.1007/s11205-015-0966-x
  15. Losada, Nieves; Alén, Elisa; Domínguez, Trinidad. "Análisis de los determinantes de la decisión de viajar de los sénior españoles". Estudios y perspectivas en turismo 24 (2015): 1-20. http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=180732864001.
    Published
  16. Alén, Elisa; Nicolau, Juan Luis; Losada, Nieves; Domínguez, Trinidad. "Determinant factors of senior tourists’ length of stay". Annals of Tourism Research 49 49 (2014): 19-32.
    Published • 10.1016/j.annals.2014.08.002
  17. Losada, Nieves; Alén, Elisa; Domínguez, Trinidad. "Aproximación al perfil y comportamiento del turista senior". Revista Galega de Economía 23 2 (2014): 69-90. http://www.usc.es/econo/RGE/Vol23/rge2324c.pdf.
    Published
  18. Sánchez, M.N.L.; González, M.E.A.; Vila, T.D.. "Approximation to the senior tourist profile and behaviour,Aproximación ao perfil e ao comportamento do turista senior". Revista Galega de Economia 23 2 (2014): 69-90. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84922559653&partnerID=MN8TOARS.

Other

Other output
  1. Motivaciones para viajar del sector senior en España. Implicaciones en la comercialización de destinos turísticos. 2014. Losada, Nieves; Alén, Elisa; Domínguez, Trinidad. www.catedrafundacionarecesdcuniovi.es/docs_trabajo/0000_sqteumrqn1_Docfradis_2014_02.pdf.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2017 On-line touristic representations of Douro (Northern Portugal): The case of the municipalities websites ATLAS Annual Conference 2017 Destinations past, present and future
(Portugal)
2015 I Congreso Internacional da auga: Termalismo e Calidade de Vida I Congreso Internacional da auga: Termalismo e Calidade de Vida
(Spain)
2015 XXV Jornadas Hispanolusas de Gestión Científica: Tendiendo puentes entre la investigación y la transferencia de conocimiento XXV Jornadas Hispanolusas de Gestión Científica: Tendiendo puentes entre la investigación y la transferencia de conocimiento
(Spain)
2014 ICIEMC. International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour ICIEMC. International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour
(Portugal)
2014 TERMATALIA: Feria Internacional de Turismo de Salud y Bienestar TERMATALIA: Feria Internacional de Turismo de Salud y Bienestar
(Argentina)
2014 JORNADAS TÉCNICAS AECIT-FITUR JORNADAS TÉCNICAS AECIT
(Spain)
2013 XXV Congreso Nacional de Marketing, AEMARK XXV Congreso Nacional de Marketing, AEMARK
(Spain)
2012 XXI International Conference of AEDEM XXI International Conference of AEDEM
(Hungary)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2013/09 - 2015/07 Gestão de Destinos de Interior (Outros) Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2013/09 - 2015/07 Gestão de Recursos Humanos (Outros) Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2013/09 - 2015/07 Marketing estratégico (Outros) Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2013/09 - 2015/07 Marketing internacional (Outros) Universidade de Vigo, Spain
2013/02 - 2015/02 Turismo Termal (Outros) Universidade de Vigo, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2020 Programa IACOBUS - Publicações Científicas (Papers).

Other distinction

2008 BECA DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE LOS CAMINOS JACOBEOS
Asociación de Cámaras Oficiales de Comercio, Industria y Navegación de los Caminos Jacobeos, Portugal