About Us
Tourism is a very interconnected and interdependent activity, ie all parts that compose it depend on each other to work satisfactorily. To excel in this competitive market, it is necessary investment in the standard of quality of products and services, training and specialization of professional and planning and efficient management.
Porto on Wheel's proposes to develop creative and innovative solutions to meet the diverse needs of its customers, combining experience and knowledge in the search results to promote the development of tourism and hotel business in Porto and Northern Portugal.
The company aims to offer effective interventions for the development and promotion of tourism as well as the qualification of destinations.
It aims to promote sustainable development of the sector, providing solutions for tourism enterprises and tourist destinations.
All packages reconcile professional experience in research and flexibility in the search for effective business models, following the trends of the global market, combining and adapting the package to customer needs.
Porto on Wheel's is much more than a Tours Company. It is also a social project: through visits and sightseeing that we do, we foster partnerships with small businesses and local authorities.
Porto on Wheel's distinguished from others who also work in this area by allowing unique experiences in family, since the means of transport in our tourist routes is a bicycle, segway, or Rabelo boat.
Market
According to the study prepared by the Office of Planning and Development of Tourism (IPDT), in partnership with the Regional Authority of Tourism of Porto and Northern Portugal (ERTPNP) and the Sá Carneiro Airport, allowed to define the profile of tourists visiting the port and / or the North of Portugal and leaving this destination via Porto Airport. Data were collected in the 2nd quarter of 2013, using a survey by personal interview, applied in the departure lounge of the Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport. Respondents were selected by convenience while waiting for the flight. The subjects were pre-qualified before answering the questionnaire, eliminating Residents and passengers in transit. There was obtained 480 valid questionnaires.
The study features the socio-demographic and professional profile of tourists, motivations, how to travel arrangements, the characteristics of the visit, the total consumption, satisfaction and intentions to revisit and recommendation.
It is concluded that:
Tourists visit Porto and Northern Portugal (PNP) did so due to vacation (40.6%), followed by business and to visit family and friends. Those who came on vacation, traveled to this destination mainly for pleasure or to make a short break. The remaining tourists visited the PNP in business to business meetings / work.
Elected the natural beauty as the main attribute to have chosen the region, followed by the price, the food and the Douro valley.
The vast majority of tourists (64.6%) used the Internet for information about the PNP, followed by family / friends and the company. The remaining sources had marginal impact demands with less than 10% and is included in this group travel agencies, which demonstrates the low relevance that tourists attribute to this medium when seeking information about the PNP, which provides the use of new technologies information for the dissemination and expansion of our company.
Source: IPDT - Tourism Institute, 2nd quarter 2013
The tour tourism pedestrian-cycle is now regarded as an opportunity for local development. Being now a very widespread activity among the population of European countries, the tour progresses, from the category of an informal recreation for
a real tourist product with potential generator of economic benefits at the local level.
Interest in the ride cycle tourism - pedestrian is even greater because there are many potentially concerned tourist areas and because this form of tourism can be part of a fully sustainable development strategy.
More than a simple path, which the tour as tourists "consume" is in fact a region with the
its landscapes and their identity, and services tailored itineraries and host before, during and
after the walk.
The tour tourism pedestrian-cycle is now regarded as an opportunity for local development. Being now a very widespread activity among the population of European countries, the tour progresses, from the category of an informal recreation for
a real tourist product with potential generator of economic benefits at the local level.
Interest in the ride cycle tourism - pedestrian is even greater because there are many potentially concerned tourist areas and because this form of tourism can be part of a fully sustainable development strategy.
More than a simple path, which the tour as tourists "consume" is in fact a region with the
its landscapes and their identity, and services tailored itineraries and host before, during and
after the walk.
Mission
Its mission is to be a travel agency / leisure focusing on personal customer service, creating a bond of friendship and valuing the welfare and comfort them before, during and after trips.
"Helping our customers not only in the performance of his travels, but in realizing their dreams by making small great moments and unforgettable moments."
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Becoming reference in the travel agency market operates with quality, innovation and customer satisfaction, always being very well recommended by them for providing a service and service top notch. We will:
- Focus the heritage of the city;
- Transmit our culture;
- Disseminate our gastronomy.
- Provide moments in communion with nature.
Values
- Reliability
- Jurisdiction
- Ethics and integrity in our relationships;
- Commitment to the client;
- Quality and speed in service delivery,
- Environmental liability
- Quality, innovation and differentiation.
Target Audience
- Operators national and international tour;
- National and international travel agents;
- Individual Tourist;
- Town Guest
- Groups (family / social)
