RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Are local residents able to contribute to tourism governance? – impacts and perceptions in Cape Verde T2 Podem os residentes locais contribuir para a governança turística? – impactos e perceções em Cabo Verde A1 Bernardo, Edgar A1 Jorge, Filipa K1 impactos K1 percepciones K1 Buena Vista K1 Cabo Verde K1 gobernancia AB Tourism planning and development necessarily entails efficient governance. The structure of suchgovernance system includes the key players in order to ensure that all stakeholders are heard, contribute tothe plan and participate in its implementation. This article introduces Cape Verde, a country with significanttourism growth and results, and it focuses on the case study of Boa Vista island. This paper is the result of a5‑yearresearch that applied a mix methodology based on field work and interviews content analysis framedstatistically and comprehensively in a mixed method analysis. This study demonstrates that communitiesare able to identify the negative and positive impacts of tourism development. Boa Vista has a communitythat is a practical example that locals able to recognize the existing problems and contribute to the futurepath to sustainable and truly representative development in sub‑SaharanAfrica. PB Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Politicas y Sociales. Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife, España) Centro de Estudos de Desenvolvimento Turístico Instituto Universitário da Maia – ISMAI (Maia, Portugal) SN 1695-7121 YR 2019 FD 2019 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/14391 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/14391 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 24-abr-2024