Open AccessCan indicators for sustainable tourism improve tourism planning in the coastal destinations?
Author(s) -
Kristina Brščić,
Lluís Batlle i Prats,
A. Raschi,
Valentina Marchi,
Tina Šugar,
Katarina Lovrečić,
Danijela Poljuha
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
tourism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1849-1545
pISSN - 1332-7461
DOI - 10.37741/t.68.2.3
Subject(s) - tourism , sustainability , destinations , sustainable tourism , business , sustainable development , environmental resource management , environmental planning , tourist destinations , geography , regional science , environmental science , political science , ecology , archaeology , law , biology
Due to the continuous increase of thetourism industry, tourism destinations need to be managed under a sustainableframework, with the main aim of minimizing the adverse effects caused bytourism flows. In recent years, several attempts have been made to measurethose effects and value the level of sustainability of every destination. Aclear example of this is the European Tourism Indicator System (ETIS). In the paper, the results are presented of aproject which aimed to test indicators of sustainable tourism in coastaldestinations of Catalonia, Istrian Region, and Tuscany Region. The results of33 collected indicators are available on the online platform of the projectINTERREG MED MITOMED+. During the first year, in every category of indicators(economic, social-cultural and environmental) only some indicators werecollected, which was expected because different regions apply differentmethodologies. The collected data is the starting point that shows destinationshow the indicator can be obtained and what its purpose is. Furthermore,collected data can help local andregional tourism stakeholders to prevent factors of risk, to take decisions andto improve the implementation of policies for sustainable maritime and coastaltourism development in the Mediterranean area.