Aperturisme, as a research group, was created with the general objective of analysing, deepening and reflecting on the public management of tourism, with a special focus on the local sphere.
As for specific goals, the following should be given particular attention:

• Study the structures of tourism management and the processes in which decisions are made
• Observe the intervention scales of the public management and enforcement tools
• Delving into the (economic, human, natural, cultural...) resources and their role in the public management of tourism.
• Analyse the relationships between the stakeholders, their conflicts and interests and, specially, the participation of the private and civil actors in the sphere
• Evaluate the planning tools and the management of tourism from a sustainable approach