2020
DOI: 10.1002/sd.2084
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Keeping mass tourism destinations sustainable via urban design: The case of Benidorm

Abstract: The city of Benidorm is the most renowned mass tourism destination on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. It has been recently acknowledged as a sustainable urban development to support the mass-tourism industry; however, Benidorm had received strong criticism during many years, mainly because of its striking urban image. The aim of this paper is to showcase the relevant role of sustainable urban design for the development of an effective coastal tourism product. To this end, the specific conditions, facts, and r… Show more

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“…In line with tourism impact studies, it is possible to classify mass tourism impacts. In this case, the categories are employment, economic, environmental, cultural and urban planning, which cohere with the findings of other authors in the literature [52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60], who established that tourism generates impacts in terms of economic, cultural, social, environmental and urban planning.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
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“…In line with tourism impact studies, it is possible to classify mass tourism impacts. In this case, the categories are employment, economic, environmental, cultural and urban planning, which cohere with the findings of other authors in the literature [52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60], who established that tourism generates impacts in terms of economic, cultural, social, environmental and urban planning.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
“…Although tourism has positive effects, it requires the environment not be degraded, since tourism cannot be separated from the environment, or from the residents or the rest of the agents involved. As reflected in the literature on this topic [58,, reductionism is not a single undertaking-it also involves complex adaptive systems that are sustainable; that is, an enlightened, viable, credible alternative mass tourism that integrates human and natural systems, in which carrying capacities gradually increase to accommodate higher levels of visits [60,72,[115][116][117][118].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In recent decades, the population of this county has strongly increased, currently standing at around 190,000 inhabitants, to which the seasonal population that can double or triple the resident population must be added. Most of this socioeconomic growth has been generated around Benidorm, the most renowned mass tourism destination on the Spanish Mediterranean coast [45], attracting international and national visitors [46]. Benidorm is a typical example of a mass tourism resort that emerged along the Mediterranean coast in the 1960s and has become one of the most famous holiday destinations in Europe [47].…”
Section: Case Studymentioning
confidence: 99%