Márcio Ribeiro Martins was born in Murça (1979), Vila Real, Portugal. He has a degree in Geography (University of Porto – FLUP, 2002) and, in 2005, completed the Master in Natural Hazards Management in the same faculty. At moment, he holds the position of Adjunct Professor in Tourism at Instituto Politécnico de Bragança and he is a collaborator member of the Applied Management Research Unit (UNIAG) at Instituto Politécnico de Bragança and integrated member at the Transdisciplinary Research Center in Education and Development, Intituto Politécnico de Bragança. He is also an author and co-author of one book and several scientific articles in national and international journals. Backpacker tourism, tourist space–time behaviour and tracking technologies are his main research topics.

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