Intensive Tourism Research Articles

Impact of Tourism Activity on Urban Land and Housing Market Activity: Evidence from Croatia

This paper explores the interplay of tourism activity, local expenditures on environmental protection, and the decisions to purchase apartments, family houses, and urban land. A random effects panel model is estimated by using data from cities and municipalities from 2012 to 2021 in Croatia, a European economy heavily dependent on tourism. The findings suggest that increasing tourism intensity at a destination motivates apartment purchase decisions but does not influence family house purchases as significantly. Municipal environmental expenditures show a positive relationship with apartment and family house purchase decisions, suggesting that investments in environmental protection may enhance the attractiveness of urban living spaces, leading to increased demand for apartments. Finally, the results reveal that growth in urban land purchases for housing construction is linked to increased short-term rentals and higher municipal housing expenditures. This research contributes to understanding housing market behavior. The results provide actionable insights for policymakers in tourism-dependent economies, emphasizing the need to balance tourism growth with housing affordability and sustainable urban development.

The Key Success Factor for Sustainable Rural Tourism Development in Madura Using Integration of the IPA-Kano Model

The momentum for the rise of global tourism after the COVID-19 pandemic has become an opportunity for developing local tourism and Indonesia's creative economy. One of the promising tourism regions in Indonesia is Madura. The tourism potentials on the island of Madura are historical, religious, natural, and cultural. Unfortunately, Madura's tourism potential has not been fully utilized, and as a result, the benefits have not emerged to strengthen the Madurese community's economy. In addition, tourism development directions are also partial without looking at environmental sustainability, community welfare, and other social aspects. Therefore, this research was conducted to determine the key success factors of sustainable tourism by integrating the Important-Performance Analysis method with the Kano model. This study was conducted in Sampang, Madura, specifically in a tourist village called Bira Tengah. The result of the study is that the tourist village should adopt key success factors such as leading to maintaining the destination environment, improving the contribution of tourists and local communities in area conservation, increasing the competitiveness of tourist destinations, conducting more intensive tourism promotions, creating fun tourism activities, increasing participation of the community and stakeholders of tourist villages, using local and environmentally friendly materials, improving the cleanliness of destinations, disseminating local cultural information and increasing employment opportunities. The cultural factors are a highlight in improving sustainable tourism performance. In addition, to enhance tourism performance, it needs to benchmark with developed and autonomous tourist villages that have demonstrated success in sustainable tourism.

The Undesired Impacts of Overtourism in the Island of Crete, Greece

The concept of overtourism has been appeared recently indicating that several popular tourism destinations host too many tourists having harmful impacts on them. The island of Crete, Greece consists of a popular global tourist destination hosting more than five mil. Of tourist every year while their number increases constantly. The undesired environmental, economic and social impacts of overtourism in Crete have been studied. The number of tourists, the number of overnight staying, the average days of staying, the tourism density and the tourism intensity have been evaluated. It has been found that the number of visitors in 2023 were 6,327,366 while they stayed in the island on average 5.43 days. The tourism density has been estimated at 4,120 bed-nights/km2 while the tourism intensity at 55.63 bed-nights/resident. These values are higher than the EU and global average while the seasonality of tourism in the island intensifies the problem. It should be mentioned that the tourism infrastructure in Crete is gathered on the north coastline increasing the overcrowding in the main cities which are also located in the same area. The results indicate that the tourism industry in Crete is at high risk of overtourism and appropriate measures and policies are required for mitigating and preventing its undesired impacts. The study might be useful to local stakeholders of the tourism industry as well as to municipal and regional authorities who can intervene to protect the prosperous tourism industry in the island.

One reservoir and different views on local development: text mining analyses for the Mucharz Reservoir, Poland

Abstract In this study, we analyzed the relationship between how a community views reservoir construction and the plan for local development around it. Specifically, we focused on the social perception of the Mucharz reservoir in Poland. The research hypothesis assumed that residents’ expectations of socioeconomic development around the reservoir dam determined whether they were satisfied with the project. Fifty-nine in-depth interviews with residents of villages adjacent to the newly created dam facility were conducted. The resulting data were analyzed using text mining methods. We identified three groups of people who perceived the reservoir in different ways. Most respondents perceived the reservoir positively, mostly because of economic benefits from investments, including job creation or intensive tourism development. However, these issues do not always determine whether a local community perceives a dam project positively.

Italian urban tourism predictions using the holiday Climate Index

The tourism sector is a source of sustenance for local communities, a driver of fiscal revenues and a way to connect local sites to international guests. Its dependence on climate change exposes it to chronic risks such as slowly varying climate patterns. In this paper, we predicted tourism intensity (as the number of beds per square kilometres) according to three Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) at the municipal level in Italy: 2.6, 4.5 and 8.5. We first estimated a statistical model of tourism intensity using the Holiday Climate Index (HCI) and other drivers. Then, we used the prediction of beds per Km2 to infer changes between 2004 and 2050 according to each RCP scenario of the HCI. We find complex heterogeneous patterns in exposure and a moderate positive effect in the RCP2.6 scenario. However, delayed (RCP4.5) or no climate policy at all (RCP8.5) scenarios present dire consequences for the tourism sector.

Tourism and Urban Development: The case of a coastal village in a small island state

This paper discusses how Marsascala, a coastal town in Malta, has been urbanized over the years, with particular attention to the development of the tourist industry. Young’s (1983) “general model of the process of ‘touristization’ and landscape change” is engaged with to study the impact of tourism development on the locality and local community. Different research methods were used, including qualitative interviews via thematic analysis, fieldwork, orthophoto maps, and analysis of secondary data. Findings show that tourism plays a major role in the local economy. Overdevelopment and population increase (fuelled by tourism and influx of foreign workers) are major challenges in the locality. The former fishing village has as a result reached stage six (intensive tourism consolidation) of Young's model. While more services are available to locals and visitors, the quality of life in the locality is deteriorating. This has raised questions about the need to redevelop the Jerma Hotel which will partly be a real estate project. The authors propose a seventh stage to Young’s model - ‘real estatation’ whereby more areas are taken over by real estate projects including for short-term rentals. This paper is linked to the EU Cost Action CA221222 Rethinking the Blue Economy: Socio-Ecological Impacts and Opportunities (RethinkBlue), in particular in relation to the themes covered by Working Group 3 - Port cities & coastal communities.

Diversity of Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Tenerife and La Gomera (Canary Islands): The Role of Size and Other Island Characteristics.

This paper provides new data on the ladybird beetles (Coccinellidae) from two islands in the Canary archipelago: Tenerife, the largest island, and La Gomera, the second smallest. As they clearly differ in size but are similar in location and geological age, they are a suitable model for testing the species-area relationship. Our study shows that, in line with this main assumption of the theory of island biogeography, clearly more species occur on a large island (Tenerife) than on a small one (La Gomera). The field surveys documented the occurrence of 35 ladybird species on Tenerife (including 5 not previously reported from this island) and of 20 species on La Gomera (2 species new to the island). Coelopterus sp. collected on Tenerife (a single female that could not be identified to species) is the first record of this genus for the whole Canary Islands. Taking our data and previously published records into account, 47 species of Coccinellidae are known to occur on Tenerife and 26 species on La Gomera. Tenerife has by far the richest ladybird fauna of all the Canary Islands (the next in line, Gran Canaria, has 41 recorded species), but it also has the highest number of non-native ladybird species. All of the ten non-native species recorded in the Canary Islands are found on Tenerife, and for most of them, Tenerife was the island of their first appearance in the archipelago. This island, much more distant from the mainland than the other relatively large islands (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote), appears to be the main recipient of ladybirds immigrating to the Canary Islands. Tenerife can play this role probably because of its great habitat diversity and altitude variation, as well as intensive tourism and trade-related transport.

Tourism's contribution to human development and the reduction of poverty and inequality: Empirical evidence at a regional level in Spain

AbstractScientific literature has begun to analyze the capacity of tourism as a development instrument, although until now, it has relied on a country level focus. This innovative work analyzes the relationship between tourism and development at a regional level, establishing the hypothesis that tourism affects different dimensions of development (human development, poverty, and income inequality) and, furthermore, that differences exist at a regional level within the same country. Regional data from Spain are used for the 2004–2021 period, applying the Dumitrescu and Hurlin causality test to analyze the relationships between these variables in global terms while also disaggregating between touristic and non‐touristic regions. The results only verify that tourism has a positive effect on improving human development in regions of high tourism intensity. These results suggest the need for tourism policies that are linked to the regional administrative level.

Multivariate assessment of metropolitan sustainability with a focus on demand and supply food aspects: Insights into the metropolitan city of Venice

According to the United Nations "World Urbanization Prospects 2018", more than half of the population lives in metropolises and estimates that in 2050 almost 70 % of the world's population will live in urban areas. The unstoppable growth, the complexity, and the challenges in promoting the sustainable growth of metropolitan areas have thus attracted increasing attention from researchers and policy makers in recent years. At the EU level, the relationship between metropolitan cities and food has also become a focus. Despite often being neglected, food has a significant impact on the sustainability of metropolitan cities development. Thus, the aim of this work is to assess the sustainability of metropolitan areas, with a specific focus on the metropolitan city of Venice (Italy), using socio-demographic, economic, and environmental indicators/attributes, as well as local food demand and supply proxies. To achieve this objective a multi-step procedure based on Rough Set Theory and Dominance-Based Rough Set has been implemented. The results show that food attributes seem not to play a major role in shaping the metropolitan area's sustainability. However, when demand and supply food aspects are considered as a decision attribute, their connections with other sustainability indicators become apparent, particularly population density and tourism intensity in the socio-demographic pillar, and land consumption in the environmental one.

Tourism energy consumption estimation and driving factors of carbon emissions based on LMDI and panel data models

Tourism has had some negative effects while generating positive results. The carbon emissions produced by tourism, which is not a “smokeless industry” in traditional cognition, account for a certain proportion of the global greenhouse gas emissions. Tourism transportation, tourist accommodation, and other tourism activities all contribute to the carbon emission of tourism, and various tourism activities not only stimulate the economy but also increase air pollution. As a big industry, tourism’s growth and development have continuously increased energy consumption, and the pressure on energy conservation and emission reduction has also been greatly aggravated. In this study, the tourism carbon emissions in each province of China were estimated using a “top-down” calculation model, the tourism energy consumption factors were decomposed using a logarithmic mean Divisia index model, and the driving factors of tourism carbon emissions were analyzed through a panel data model. Results show that the tourism carbon emissions in China rapidly increased from 360.74 million tons in 2006 to 853.28 million tons in 2021. The driving factors of tourism energy consumption in China are economic development, energy efficiency, and population, while the inhibiting factors are tourism intensity and energy structure. The per capita GDP, the proportion of the tertiary industry, the turnover of tourists, and the level of urbanization all significantly promote the growth of tourism carbon emissions in China at 1%. The research results are of great significance to the proposal of measures for tourism carbon emission reduction in combination with the situation of various provinces and cities, promoting regional economic development and boosting the development of tourism in China under the background of a low-carbon economy.

Short-term rental expansion and residential displacement in tourism communities: evidence from Croatia

ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of short-term rentals (STRs) on local communities in Croatia, one of the most tourism-dependent countries in the world, from the perspective of destinations of individuals displaced by STRs. In cities with high tourism intensity, STRs give rise to closed migration circuits that restrict the exchange of knowledge and talent between socially and geographically diverse contexts. In less tourism-intensive cities, particularly in declining and ageing communities, STRs displace residents on a larger geographical scale, eroding the social capital of local communities. The results of this investigation have implications for areas grappling with the proliferation of STRs.

Optimizing tourist flows through operative carrying capacity assessment: The case of Bakkhali coastal tourism, W.B., India

<p>Carrying capacity assessment of nature-based tourist destinations is important for keeping the consumption of natural resources and anthropogenic pollution levels within environmentally safe and sustainable limits. With the mostly rural character of such destinations, the local community's well-being also needs to be prioritized. Exposure to natural hazards and climate crises have further exacerbated concerns about the long-term sustainability of these locations. The interrelationship between tourism intensity and its impacts clearly reflects Butler’s Tourism Area Life Cycle model of 1980. The ‘elements of capacity’ and their ‘critical range’ mark a significant threshold in the model that leads us to the concept of carrying capacity. The capacity may be physical, spatial, ecological, environmental, social, economic, management, and governance, among others. This is also linked with the quality of the touristic experience and satisfaction. In this context, aiming to understand the optimum level of tourist traffic flow in Bakkhali, one of the popular beach destinations of the deltaic island system of the Indian Sundarbans, this study assesses its visitor carrying capacity at three levels—physical, real, and effective. It also briefly introduces the idea of ‘operative’ carrying capacity at the fourth level. The study is based on tourist data until 2019 and adopts the well-established methodological framework of carrying capacity assessment applied widely in several settings. The result suggests that tourism operations at Bakkhali may optimally handle 2040 visitors per day, which may be stretched to a maximum of 2267 visitors per day. This may be used as baseline information for sustainable coastal tourism policy framing in the long term while planning for tourism management and infrastructure development in the Sundarban region in immediate terms.</p>

The determinants of municipal solid waste management efficiency in EU countries

The main purpose of this paper is to assess the municipal solid waste management (MSWM) efficiency of European Union countries and to identify the determinants of this efficiency before and after introducing Directive (EU) 2018/851. The research was conducted for 23 EU Member States in order to analyse the two highest-priority waste treatment methods (material recycling and energy recovery) and the level of greenhouse gases emitted by the waste management sector. The data for 2015-2020 were extracted from the Eurostat database. The period of data was divided into two sub-periods: 2015-2017 (the period before introducing the Directive) and 2018-2020. MSWM efficiency scores were calculated using the DEA method. Later, the Tobit Regression Model (TRM) was applied to identify the determinants. The efficiency analysis showed that the countries which joined the EU before 2000 improved their MSWM efficiency in 2018-2020 compared with 2015-2017. On the other hand, the average efficiency scores of the countries that joined the EU after 2000 decreased. In 2015-2017, the following determinants of MSWM efficiency occurred to be statistically significant: population density, unemployment rate, the number of patents and the tourism intensity index, while in 2018-2020: population density, unemployment rate, Research & Development (R&D) expenditure, higher education proportion and MSW generated. A detailed analysis of these variables showed that the countries that joined the EU after 2000 should first increase their R&D expenditure and support their inhabitants in increasing their educational level.

The moderating role of tourism intensity on residents’ intentions towards pro-tourism behaviours

This study analysed the complex dynamics of tourism based on perspectives and intentional behaviours of residents. The analysis focused on how residents perceive the effects of tourism, their satisfaction with it, their subjective well-being, and their inclinations towards pro-tourism behaviours. By merging social exchange theory and bottom-up spillover theory, it also investigates tourism intensity (TI) as a moderator, which has been understudied. A representative sample of 990 residents, in both high and low TI municipalities of the Algarve region, was surveyed. The model was estimated using PLS-SEM. The results revealed significant differences in residents’ perceptions based on TI. Residents in high TI areas perceived stronger effects on satisfaction due to negative and positive impacts of tourism. However, TI did not affect the relationships between satisfaction with tourism, subjective well-being, and intentions for pro-tourism behaviours. The economic gains created by tourism may differ from the social and psychological factors shaping residents’ well-being. These outcomes offer valuable insights for destination managers and politicians, aiding in the development of strategies to alleviate the adverse effects of tourism. Directing efforts towards improving residents’ satisfaction with tourism, subjective well-being, and support for tourism can also contribute to securing long-term and sustainable benefits for host communities.

Perencanaan Lanskap Kecamatan Pangkalan Karawang sebagai Kawasan Wisata Terpadu Berbasis Masyarakat (Community Based Tourism)

Pangkalan District has been designated as a tourism destination by department of tourism and culture of Karawang Regency. However, facilities and accessibility for visitors, and participation of human resources in planning tourism destination still not optimal. The objective of this study is to create landscape plan for community-based tourism (CBT) at Pangkalan district as an integrated tourist area in Karawang Regency. This study was conducted in four villages of Pangkalan, consists of Jatilaksana, Medalsari, Tamanmekar, and Tamansari with the total area 6.637 ha. The analysis in this study applied spatial and qualitative methods using assessment and scoring the variable criteria of landscape tourism. The results showed that Pangkalan has the potential to be developed based on physical-biophysical conditions (topography, climate, soil, hydrology, land cover) and existing tourism. The community's acceptability of integrated tourism planning at Pangkalan has very good response with a suitability classification of S1 (very suitable) and S2 (quite suitable). The planning is divided into three zones consisting of an intensive tourism development zone (5324.57 Ha), a semi-intensive tourism development zone (374.15 Ha), and a non-intensive development zone (938.38 Ha). Pangkalan is a planned large carrying capacity area of 65,614 people per day. The recommendation for developing an integrated tourism base in Karawang is to establish a management body to run the operations of the area.
 Keywords: community acceptability, integrated tourism, landscape planning, Pangkalan

Spatiotemporal response of ecosystem services to tourism activities in urban forests

Tourism in urban forests is rapidly becoming an increasing trend; however, rather few studies have used quantitative measurement to describe the relationship between tourism intensity and ecological functions. This study provides a practical framework that integrates ecosystem service value (ESV) assessment, Internet big data mining and spatial regression analysis to identify the spatial response of ESV and land use/land cover change to tourism activities from 2009 to 2019 in the Siming Mountain Region (SMR), a famous tourist resort located in the eastern coastal China. Results showed that between 2009 and 2019 total ESV increased by 7.1%. Nevertheless, there have been drastic transitions in land use types with function adjustments from traditional agricultural production to diversified tourism-oriented services. Significant spatial autocorrelation was identified for the patterns of ESV changes. GWR further highlighted that the relationship between ESV change and rural tourism indicators varied in space. ESV change in the core zone was negatively correlated with changes in catering service spots and recreational venues, whereas it was positively correlated with local lodgings. Ultimately, targeted recommendations and countermeasures for spatial planning and sustainable tourism development of urban forests under new circumstances were discussed.

ANALISIS KESADARAN MASYARAKAT DI KOTA BANDUNG TERHADAP TERJADINYA PENCEMARAN LINGKUNGAN

Abstraks: The city of Bandung faces big challenges in waste management, with daily waste production of 3,950 tons and only 2,750 tons being transported. High population density and intense tourism contribute to waste production, which causes rubbish to be scattered in cities and rivers. Therefore, this research was carried out with the aim of analyzing what causes environmental pollution in the city of Bandung to continue to increase. This research was carried out using a descriptive qualitative method, namely by taking a sample of respondents from the city of Bandung to analyze what factors cause people's lack of concern for the environment. According to the results obtained, it is the lack of awareness of the people of Bandung city which is a factor causing the high level of environmental pollution, in addition to the lack of knowledge on how to process waste properly so that the waste does not accumulate and everything can be recycled. The program carried out by the government also educates the local community on how to process waste using the 4R method and also sorting waste before disposal and by cultivating waste that can be recycled.
 Keywords: Garbage, environment, pollution, society, cleanliness.

The Multidimensional Tourism Carrying Capacity Model for Zanzibar

Zanzibar as a tourist destination nation is experiencing strong tourism growth, with high tourism intensity and with high seasonality is bound to be subject to considerable negative effects related to the amount of tourists visiting their area. Therefore, determining the tourism carrying capacity of Zanzibar is thus vital national policy issue to ensure a balance between achieving optimal tourism development without compromising the delicate environmental, economic and social structure. The paper develops and proposes the Multidimensional Tourism Carrying Capacity Model, (MDTCC) to be used assess and establish the tourism carrying capacity of Zanzibar. The paper considers the tourism carrying capacity (TCC), as a national policy target variable and complex function of six interdependent dimensional and subsystems variables, namely, Economy, Ecology or Nature, Social, Culture, Heritage, and Political. In turn, these independent subsystems are defined as complex functions of other endogenous, exogenous factors, parameters, and series of pre-outcomes. The MDTCC is determined according to mathematical rules as there are seven relations; to be determined by the seven endogenous variables as policy target variables. The empirical MDTCC Model is proposed to be used to investigate performances or behaviour of policy target variables given variations of other endogenous, exogenous factors and parameters. The quantitative MDTCC procedures to be adopted in the framework to evaluate each component are based on mathematically valid procedures and techniques associated to the complete ex-ante and ex-post evaluation monitoring processes, through all stages or phases; from the planning stages to reporting of results from the data and policy analysis.

The Impact of the Digital Economy on the Carbon Emission Intensity of Tourism

The Impact of the Digital Economy on the Carbon Emission Intensity of Tourism

Loss and Gain in Mangrove Surrounding the Lençóis Maranhense National Park: An Integrated Approach Using Remote Sensing and SIG Data

Brazil harbors the second largest expanse of mangroves in the world, trailing only behind Indonesia. In a regional context, the state of Maranhão stands out, encompassing approximately 36% of Brazil’s total mangrove area, including a portion located on the eastern coast in the Lençóis Maranhenses. This study played a crucial role in identifying the areas of gain, loss, and stability in the mangroves surrounding the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park over a historical period spanning from 1985 to 2019. The study provided detailed maps depicting spatial changes, such as migration and attenuation that occurred in the mangroves due to the influence of aeolian dunes and wind patterns in the region. This long-term analysis, the first of its kind to examine the annual expansion of forest loss in the remaining mangroves around the Lençóis Maranhenses in recent decades, revealed a reduction in the central mangrove areas between 1985 and 2019. This decline can be attributed not only to intense tourist activity and climate change but also to the movement and invasion of sand dunes in certain areas, as observed near the villages of Caburé and Paulino Neves (Pequenos Lençóis) in December2022. Wind plays a fundamental role as a transformative agent in the local landscape. Through the analysis of wind roses using ERA5 reanalysis data and meteorological stations from the Aeronautics (São Luís and Parnaíba), it was possible to identify and characterize the prevalence of northeast trade winds in the Lençóis Maranhenses region during the years 1985 to 2019, with average speeds ranging from 6 to 8 m/s. The advancement of dunes onto the mangroves surrounding the Lençóis Maranhenses results in burial, reduction, and even migration of mangrove patches. Additionally, over the years, population growth and increasing tourism pressure along the banks of the Preguiças River have drawn attention to the need to implement control and conservation measures in the mangroves to prevent further disturbances in this environment.