June 20th, 2025
The River Museum's membership in the Portuguese Industrial Tourism Network
The River Museum’s membership in the Portuguese Industrial Tourism Network
The River Museum, the main branch of the Alcoutim Municipal Museum, is part of the Portuguese Industrial Tourism Network (RPTI), through its governing body – the Municipality of Alcoutim.
For the Municipality of Alcoutim, the River Museum’s membership in the Portuguese Industrial Tourism Network aims to attract new audiences, as well as to value and promote the cultural and intangible cultural heritage and the memories and traditions linked to fishing and fishing techniques characteristic of the Lower Guadiana region.
The RTA intends to meet the expectations of tourists seeking different, authentic and original experiences in a segment little known to Algarve tourists, showcasing places, products and production processes from the region’s historical and cultural past, as well as their current uses/transformations.
Thus, the Algarve Tourism Region, in collaboration with the Municipality of Alcoutim, included the River Museum in the RPTI (Regional Planning and Tourism Network), as a resource for Industrial Tourism in the Algarve region and a reminder of the fishing activities and techniques of the Guadiana River.