Enological tourism consume in D.O. Ribera del Duero

Abstract

In the last few years, the composed word enological-tourism has become a part of our vocabulary. It is a new and rural type of thematic tourism with wine as its turning point. In general, we understand that enology-tourists are people who are wine lovers who have a cultural interest in this product and take advantage of holidays or free time to get to know wine regions, visit wineries, learn about the elaboration proccess and even closely live the grape harvest experience. The research pretends to show the wine sector and enological-tourism to many people with a spectacular and interactive way. It pretends to know what is the opinion and perfile of the tourists. With several questionnaires made to the tourists of Ribera del Duero, we will obtain a current viewpoint of enological-tourism in Ribera del Duero and preferences of the tourists´perfile in this region of Spain.