Selection, design and dissemination of Fuerteventura’s projected tourism image (Canary Isles)

Rodríguez, A. J.; Díaz, Pablo; Ruiz-Labourdette, D.; Pineda, Francisco Díaz; Schmitz, María F.; Santana, A.

doi:10.2495/islands100021

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“…This perception will depend on the socio‐economic characteristics of the individuals in the context of the community (Xu et al , ). These characteristics may change at any given time and will influence individuals’ positions towards the territory, as can be seen from previous studies (Pineda, ; Díaz Rodríguez et al , ; Rodríguez Darias et al , ). The importance of clarifying these characteristics is considered a key factor in taking into account local populations in recent heritage‐building processes in Fuerteventura.…”

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confidence: 69%

“…The tourist resorts of the 1960s, where beach tourism began (and which continues to be the mainstay product on the island), are still the main areas of tourism on Fuerteventura, although resorts have extended along the whole of the southern coast. The characteristics of these areas have projected the typical stereotypes associated with coastal destinations (Rodríguez Darias et al , ). However, the interior and north of the island have only been considered historically as a ‘complement’.…”

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Landscape Perceptions and Social Evaluation of Heritage‐Building Processes

2016

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According to the European Landscape Convention, landscapes are how populations perceive and identify their territory. The evaluation of these landscapes and their preservation processes depends on a complex interaction of economic, socio‐demographic and cultural variables. In this paper, we present the results of a quantitative and qualitative study on the influences that gender, place of birth, occupation, income, level of education and proximity of residence to a protected environmental area have on people's evaluation of the process to declare a national park on the island of Fuerteventura (Canary Islands). The results show that the degree and type of involvement with the territory are the most significant variables related to the evaluation of such a process. These variables are essential to consider when reaching agreements with different groups of stakeholders in ‘step zero’ of the declaration of a protected area. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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“…Herein, the reason for declaring a national park in Fuerteventura is the high naturalistic values encountered therein (Hernández [8], Pineda [10], Lorenzo [32], Del Arco [33], Rodríguez-Delgado [34]), as well as the fact that the study area is a tourist resort that is attractive, but also classical (four s tourism), still presenting a low cultural value (Hernández and Pineda [15], Díaz et al [17], Ruiz-Labourdette et al [18], Rodríguez et al [19]). This fact is recognised by the tourism industry.…”

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“…To date, there has been some interest in the theme, but rather methodological difficulties with regard to integrating locals or visitors in ecological assessments of the territory. However, there have been some studies in this sense (Díaz et al [17], Ruiz-Labourdette et al [18], Rodríguez et al [19], Aguilera et al [20], Schmitz et al [21,22]). Even less common is the incorporation of the quality of life and standard of living into the above mentioned assessment of thematic and environmental impact.…”

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Environmental valuation by the local population and visitors for zoning a protected area

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WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Protected natural areas have traditionally played an important role in tourist destinations. There are over one hundred thousand of these areas throughout the world and to date, their landscapes and biodiversity have constituted the main factor attracting visitors. Although these components have not lost their power to attract, many tourist destinations now highlight the relationship between nature and traditional culture. On one hand, the planning and management of natural areas have fundamentally been based on biophysical aspects; hence, their name. But, on the other, the socioeconomic perspective is of great importance and should be incorporated further into this management. The professional field of the sciences of 'nature', which so far has played a major role in these areas, along with the disciplines of social sciences and humanities, faces the challenge of integrating their analysis methods, which can be directly applied to an understanding of the dynamics of present-day tourism. This integration could consider protected areas and territories beyond their physical boundaries. Our team, with experience in the development of environmental analysis models applied to the zoning and subsequent declaration of these areas, has proposed a new procedure for evaluating carrying capacities and tourism potentialities, integrating environmental (landscape), anthropological (local society and visitors) and socioeconomic (living standard and quality of life of local population) perspectives. The research relates this kind of components through multivariate analyses, geo-referenced databases and questionnaires. The pathway

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“…Beaches (1) and, above all, dunes (2) constitute the usual image of the tourist taking photos on the island, given the fact that they are quite spectacular. These are the characteristics most highly valued by the visitor but, as occurs with most of the island's landscape features, locals value them even more highly than visitors and feel proud of them (the island's brochures and tourism web pages offer them as attractions; Rodríguez et al [21]). The 'natural' character of the landscape (5), in that it is conserved on the island, is another characteristic that is highly valued by the local population, and it forms part of their traditions and songs, as with other highly valued characteristics (provided that there is no 'commercial' influence in their answers, with the idea in mind of The Canary Isles' tourism offer, which would call for a separate anthropological analysis).…”

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Landscape perception of local population: the relationship between ecological characteristics, local society and visitor preferences

Díaz

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Darias

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WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Previous research has described and mapped the 'visitor-landscape' correspondence in terms of 'demand' and 'offer'. The relationship between the landscape and the socio-economic structure of the local population has also been studied, enabling us to create scenarios of change. Other relationships are being studied in order to provide an understanding both of the local population and of the tourism industry within the context of the 'landscape resource', in an attempt to produce results, both for this industry and for the sensible and sustainable management of the above mentioned resource.In the present paper we focus on the island of Fuerteventura (Canary Isles, Spain) and attempt to describe an assessment of the landscape by local populations -'local population-landscape' correspondence -and compare it with the perception of visitors -'visitors-landscape' correspondence. The results show a clear parallelism between the appreciation of the island's landscape by visitors and locals. The former consider the variable 'sun' to be essential in their appreciation of the landscape, this factor constituting the reason for their visit, whereas the latter value the landscape more highly than the visitors, taking it as something associated with the traditional rural world and as a reason to feel proud. This could be explained by means of a relaxed visit to the island from an anthropologist's perspective. A comparison between the 'assessment of the landscape by the local population' and 'landscape demand by visitors' can also be mapped, and could be better explained within the context of the research to which the present paper belongs.

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Selection, design and dissemination of Fuerteventura’s projected tourism image (Canary Isles)

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

Landscape Perceptions and Social Evaluation of Heritage‐Building Processes

Landscape Perceptions and Social Evaluation of Heritage‐Building Processes

Environmental valuation by the local population and visitors for zoning a protected area

Landscape perception of local population: the relationship between ecological characteristics, local society and visitor preferences

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