A system of synthetic indicators for the diagnosis of regulated tourist areas of the Valencian coast

Temes, R.

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“…This case study was chosen in the first instance, because it is a mature tourist destination showing signs of economic stagnation, as per the Caixa Index, a synthetic index of tourism evolution, which compares the tourist importance of a municipality over an interval of time, according to Temes [5]. Secondly, San Juan Beach was chosen because it is a tourist area that came into existence as the result of an ex professo 1960s' urban planning development in response to the urgent needs of the so-called tourism boom.…”

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Renovation of mature destinations: the case of the Playa De San Juan

Ruiz¹,

Serrano²,

Temes³

2016

Int. J. SDP

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This paper is a partial result of the Research Project 'Strategies for sustainable regeneration in tourism settlements on the Mediterranean Coast, ERAM' (ref. BIA2011-28297-C02-01) Spain National Plan of Research, 2011. In this project, the authors are studying the problem of the obsolete tourist destinations. Tourist cities emerged in Spain as a result of the tourist boom of the 60s, the phenomenon was called mass tourism. This means that our tourist spaces have a seniority of 50 years and hardly count with the functionality and services required in this time. In this study, we are working on the renovation of mature destinations. It is based on the analysis of the urban planning of one of the municipal districts in Costa Blanca, Playa de San Juan in Alicante, and the capacity of this localization as a tourist destination nowadays. To develop this task, we are studying the building typologies, the tourist facilities and the urban planning conditions. Then, we put all the information in a geographic information system (GIS), and we make thematic maps to analyse the information. Given the implication that the tourism industry has in the Spanish economy and assuming the antiquity of our tourist destinations, it is necessary to make a reflection on the future of tourist cities. It is time to approach the sustainable urban regeneration of our tourist destinations, assuming the nature of its origin and recognizing its built heritage as a differentiator. This study takes as a work element the Playa de San Juan de Alicante, taking as a base on the analysis of the urban area, the authors propose strategies for sustainable urban regeneration of obsolete tourist destinations.

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Renovation of mature destinations: the case of the Playa De San Juan

Ruiz¹,

Serrano²,

Temes³

2016

Int. J. SDP

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Assessment tools for urban sustainability policies in Spanish Mediterranean tourist areas

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Use of Sustainable Tourism Indicators for Rural Coastal Communities: A Review

Aguilar-Becerra¹,

Martínez²,

Pineda³

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WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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The purpose of this study is to examine the degree of consolidation the sustainable tourism indicators have when applied to Coastal Rural Communities (CRC), with the aim of identifying these indicator's roles and the basic elements that each indicator most fulfills, in order to monitor and control the CRC. The conceptual and methodological frameworks were identified from the global and local perspectives, asking the question: How and who are developing sustainable coastal rural communities within the CRC? Pursuit of scientific information about the topic was carried out throughout four digital repositories: the Wiley online library (17 articles), the Web of Science (6 articles), academic Google (29 articles), and Scopus (20 articles). In total, we recognized 72 articles according to their title parameters and keywords. Out of all the studies, only 15% focus on our definition, studying the sustainable indicators in coastal areas, but acknowledge 580 indicators that are grouped into the three basic components of sustainability: those that are economical, socio-cultural or environmental. The databases used indicate that there is little literature on topics related to Sustainable Tourism Indicators (STI) in CRC. Finally, the criteria and codes we established for the analysis of the articles allow us to have a clear overview about the process of design, application and evaluation of STI in CRC. It is understood that indicators can be applied in different territorial contexts; however, it is necessary to have a specific foundation, so that the indicators can be compared in dissimilar stages.

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A system of synthetic indicators for the diagnosis of regulated tourist areas of the Valencian coast

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Renovation of mature destinations: the case of the Playa De San Juan

Renovation of mature destinations: the case of the Playa De San Juan

Assessment tools for urban sustainability policies in Spanish Mediterranean tourist areas

Use of Sustainable Tourism Indicators for Rural Coastal Communities: A Review

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