Surveying and mapping of potential sources of pressure in Lefkada tourist areas for sustainable growth and jobs in the blue economy

Bibliometric analysis of maritime tourism research

“…This was corroborated by Ariyani (2021) that governments only focus on industrial and technology vocational education in universities and schools. Furthermore, a lack of specialised maritime tourism schools and institutes will cause a lack of English proficiency in non-English speaking countries (Sofiana et al, 2018;Drosos, 2020;Jeevan et al, 2022). As the main approach of maritime tourism is to attract more international tourist, if command of the English language remains a barrier, it is difficult to produce good tourist guides for the maritime tourism sector.…”

“…Secondly, maritime coastal zones are subjected to the highest pressure and pollution due to the presence of ports and natural anchors (Drosos, 2020). Unnecessary infrastructure development along shorelines as well as concrete pollution, degradation, and sedimentation caused by construction also damages the marine ecosystem.…”

“…Unnecessary infrastructure development along shorelines as well as concrete pollution, degradation, and sedimentation caused by construction also damages the marine ecosystem. Apart from that, the continuous development of tourist accommodations along the coastline (Gedik & Mugan, 2019;Pellegrini et al, 2020, Drosos, 2020 continues to adversely affect environmental health. It is evident that most property developers prioritise profit over environmental protection.…”

“…Therefore, indecorous expansion towards these areas will damage the environment. Furthermore, extending maritime tourism areas and spatial activities to semi-mountainous regions may increase the occurrence of landslides (Drosos, 2020) as improper development and planning will lead to natural disasters. One of the main causes of natural disasters may be that the environment cannot cope with the pressures causes by humankind.…”

Relation between bioclimatic and economic indicators with tourist arrivals in an Ionian Island in Greece

“…Unfortunately, meteorological data were not available at different altitudes to investigate bioclimatic indicators. Also, the values of the SSI index may be related to the unequal distribution of the tourist potential in the geographical area of Lefkada since the highest density of the tourist population is observed in accommodations on the left coastline of the island located up to 2 Km from the sea (87.1%) and in mountainous areas up to 250 m above sea level (83.7%) [43].…”