Sustainable Tourism and Destination Management: The Greek Island of Poros

Prokopiou, D. G.; Nikolaidou, Eleni; Mavridoglou, George; Manologlou, Sotiris; Tselentis, B. S.

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“…The landscape at the Nakdong River estuary overlaps with the urban areas in the vicinity, and the river is too open and wide to be favored. This finding is in line with a previous study on sustainable tourism and target site management [14], where ecotourists' motivation was influenced to a great degree by positive factors, including the surrounding greenery and conserved forests, rather than negative factors, such as noise and illegal buildings. The natural and cultural diversity of the landscape and the tour course recognized by ecotourists are likely to be interconnected [18,[21][22][23].…”

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“…Each site has unique natural resources and exploration programs [13]. There are programs that use ships to explore water ecosystems to increase the interest of ecotourists [14,15]. The learning in such programs involves the observation of natural ecosystems, such as rivers, streams, and marshes, as well as the cultural resources on the ship.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Analyzing satisfaction in the field of tourism is not a new concept. Considering that the only way to determine the function and role of eco-tour ships at ecotourism sites in Korea is to collect opinions from ecotourists after an experience and to rely on subjective conclusions made by experts, the satisfaction analysis method seems appropriate as a framework to explain the process of extracting visitors' destination choice attributes, motivations, and satisfaction [14,17].…”

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Characteristics and Satisfaction Analysis of Eco-Tour Ships at Ecotourism Sites: Focusing on the Cases of the Nakdong River Estuary, Suncheon Bay Wetland, and Goesan Lake and Sanmagi-Yetgil in Korea

Byung-Chul

Park

2020

Sustainability

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This study investigated eco-tour ships at Nakdong estuary, Suncheon wetland, and Goesan and Sanmagi-yetgil, 3 of the 26 ecotourism sites in Korea, by analyzing the characteristics and level of ecotourist satisfaction. The field investigation focused on eco-tour ship image, facilities, landscape observed from eco-tour ship, course, and operations. The results of the satisfaction analysis can be summarized as follows. First, there was no significant difference in satisfaction of eco-tour ship image between Nakdong estuary and Sanmagi-yetgil (p > 0.01), while Suncheon wetland showed a significant difference (p < 0.01). It is assumed that the fact that the ship was built using timber which better suits the natural environment and coastal ecosystem had a positive impact on the visual image. No significant difference in satisfaction with facilities on eco-tour ships was found between Nakdong estuary and Suncheon wetland, while Sanmagi-yetgil showed a significant difference. Second, satisfaction of the landscape observed from the eco-tour ships showed significant differences in the mean scores of landscape evaluation the three target sites: Sanmagi-yetgil (8.40), Suncheon wetland (7.20), and Nakdong estuary (4.67). These values are based on the qualitative evaluation of the landscape as seen from the eco-tour ship. It is presumed to have been influenced by the diversity of the landscape and the width of the river. The eco-tour ship course satisfaction also showed significant differences in the mean scores: Sanmagi-yetgil (7.37), Suncheon wetland (6.57), and Nakdong estuary (5.00). The landscape and tour course evaluations of the respondents seem to be correlated. In particular, the variety of courses available to visitors in Sanmagi-yetgil was relatively high compared to Nakdong estuary and Suncheon wetland. Third, satisfaction analysis for eco-tour ship operations found that Suncheon wetland and Sanmagi-yetgil did not differ significantly in terms of satisfaction (p = 0.634), but Nakdong estuary showed a significant difference. The relatively low satisfaction with the eco-tour ship operation at Nakdong estuary is due to the low scores for eco-tour ship commentary, reservation system, and with the facilities, while it is shown that the operation time as well as the landscape observed from the eco-tour ship and the tour course had a combined influence on satisfaction. In the comparative analysis of the impact of eco-tour ships on ecotourism, Nakdong estuary showed a significant difference. This finding indicates a greater influence of eco-tour ships on ecotourism in Suncheon wetland, Sanmagi-yetgil, and Nakdong estuary. Enhanced ecotourism satisfaction improves the probability of return visits. Thus, there is a need to incorporate the characteristics of ecological resources with well thought out operation and increased functional suitability of eco-tour ships to improve ecotourism satisfaction. The eco-ships in the three places in this paper have elements promoting and enhancing their potential. Our findings showed the satisfaction level of the users with the theme of ecotourism.

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Characteristics and Satisfaction Analysis of Eco-Tour Ships at Ecotourism Sites: Focusing on the Cases of the Nakdong River Estuary, Suncheon Bay Wetland, and Goesan Lake and Sanmagi-Yetgil in Korea

Byung-Chul

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2020

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“…The second group consists of four variables ( Table 2). The model was presented by Prokopiou et al [16] and used in a paper by the same author [17].…”

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“…What are the impacts of tourism development on the environment? Using the Prokopiou Tselentis model, we assessed the environmental dimensions of tourism development [16]. The results per island and indicator are presented in Tables 5-9.…”

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Tourism Development of the Cyclades Islands: Economic, Social and Carrying Capacity Assessment and Consequences

Prokopiou

Mavridoglou

Toanoglou

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WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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The tourist industry is one of the most important economic activities in Greece. The country receives over 32 million visitors per year. Greece has enjoyed increasing numbers of people and revenues from tourism, due to the unique environments that are both natural and man-made that make it a high-profile tourist destination; however, it is already clear that uncontrolled growth of the industry may bring serious environmental and social problems, leading to a decline in the quality of tourist product and services provided. According to the triple bottom line (TBL) philosophy developed by Elkington (1998), sustainable tourist development must be balanced at the same time with economic, social and environmental aims, from a microeconomic point of view, as tools to measure environmental impact. The Prokopiou-Tselentis model is an integrated assessment system for environmental management and impact estimation of a tourism destination. In this paper, we propose the implementation of the Prokopiou-Tselentis model as the economic, social and tourism situation demands data to estimate the development of tourism and its impact on the Greek islands of Cyclades.

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Standardized Reading of Sustainable Tourism Indicators for Ultraperipheral Regions

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Sustainable development raises various challenges in terms of UPR for putting public policies into effect, and the concept, namely about the definition of metrics, is adapted to small parcels of territory. The objective of the present study is to introduce an alphanumeric reading scale for the tourism sustainability indicators in UPR, to be precise, Madeira and the Azores to allow a better interpretation and understanding. A total of 25 indicators were compared in the last 5 years and with the COVID-19 pandemic, although there are positive performances, a lack of data was observed for some indicators, and some lack of information in the last 2 years or more. During the last 5 years, the pillar of environmental sustainability has maintained its ideal form, but in comparison with the last 2 years, it has moved to critical status, which is in part a consequence of the lack of recorded data. There are indicators that are not registered on the UPR and some data from Turismo de Portugal refer only to the mainland zone. The major implication is raised in terms of the existing indicator systems, which are not all provided periodically, influencing the interpretation of the indicators of Portuguese UPR. Consequently, assertive, sustainable decisions are difficult to be taken based on non-existent or insufficient data.

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Sustainable Tourism and Destination Management: The Greek Island of Poros

Cited by 3 publications

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Characteristics and Satisfaction Analysis of Eco-Tour Ships at Ecotourism Sites: Focusing on the Cases of the Nakdong River Estuary, Suncheon Bay Wetland, and Goesan Lake and Sanmagi-Yetgil in Korea

Characteristics and Satisfaction Analysis of Eco-Tour Ships at Ecotourism Sites: Focusing on the Cases of the Nakdong River Estuary, Suncheon Bay Wetland, and Goesan Lake and Sanmagi-Yetgil in Korea

Tourism Development of the Cyclades Islands: Economic, Social and Carrying Capacity Assessment and Consequences

Standardized Reading of Sustainable Tourism Indicators for Ultraperipheral Regions

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