Social Impacts in a Coastal Tourism Destination: “Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic”
Byron Alvarado-Vanegas,
Lluís Coromina
Abstract:Social impacts and other types of impacts such as economic and environmental have been studied extensively in the tourism field. The main aim of this research is to understand the differences in the social impacts of tourism between summer 2019 (pre-COVID-19) and summer 2020 (during the COVID-19 pandemic) in a coastal tourism destination from the visitors' perspective. Data were collected using surveys carried out in the municipality of Platja d'Aro (Catalonia, Spain) in 2019 (pre-pandemic) (n=468 visitors) an… Show more
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