Marketing & Tourism Review • Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil • v. 7, n. 1, 2022 NEECIM TUR • Núcleo de Estudos e Estratégias em Comunicação Integrada de Marketing e Turismo • UFMG Recebido em 23.02.2022 Aprovado em 30.04.2022 Avaliado pelo sistema double blind review Editor Científico: Marlusa de Sevilha Gosling ISSN 2525-8176 DOI: 10.29149/mtr.v7i1.6946 Digital Communication and Inbound Marketing: strategies applied to the tourism sector in Portugal Patrícia Silveira, Universidade do Minho, Portugal patricia.silveira@universidadeeuropeia.pt Joana Pinto, Universidade do Minho, Portugal joanadavim@gmail.com ABSTRACT The explosion of product options and digital channels, couple with the emergence of an increasingly demanding and well-informed consumer, has revealed implications for the purchasing process and marketing. Increasingly, the consumer takes control of the process and actively seeks out the information he considers useful (Court et al., 2009). This new paradigm is called inbound marketing. In this context, brands feel the importance of integrating the consumer's voice in a bilateral communication valued by inbound marketing strategies. However, the topic is still recent and academically little explored. Hence, the objective is the study of the application of inbound marketing strategies, supported by the starting question: What are the key points in the implementation of inbound marketing strategies by Tour Operator S (It was chosen for this designation, to protect the identity operator concerned)? To this end, we sought to explore and cross-check the “content marketing” and “social media marketing” (strategies applied by the company) in the translation of success indicators for inbound marketing. We opted for a qualitative methodology, using the content analysis of interviews and documentary research. This study highlights the importance of incorporating content marketing in companies' inbound marketing strategies. Since the goal of