The impact of tourism in a fragile wetland ecosystem in Angola: the Arco (Namibe) case study

Tavares, Alexandre Oliveira; Máquina, M. A.; Henriques, Maria Helena

doi:10.2495/st120171

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“…Nonetheless, one of the most serious environmental issues identified in modern times is found in these ecosystems (He et al, 2022;Kirby, 2004;Hailun and Dong, 2011;Koshkam et al, 2014;Bego and Malltezi, 2011). Hence, their importance and value, which are known as wildlife habitat and aquatic plants, environmental quality improvement, and socio-economic value for local people (Ling et al, 2013;Turner et al, 2000), are being affected by tourists and the activities of the region's people (Diaz-Christiansen et al, 2016;Tavares et al, 2012;Dong, 2001). Because of this, they have recently developed into the most delicate and vulnerable ecosystems (Musa et al, 2021;Brandl et al, 2011;Beltrame et al, 2013;Lamsal et al, 2016).…”

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Complexity and the Ecological Impacts of Tourism on Wetlands Ecosystem and Rural Sustainability: A Case Study of Zrebar Wetlands

Saadi,

Karimzadeh

et al. 2023

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Due to its natural and ecological qualities, rural tourism has drawn greater attention in recent decades. The development of rural tourism provides a variety of advantages that influence the environment and local resources. Therefore, this study looks at how tourism affects the sustainability of the Zrebar wetland, an urban-rural area in the west of Iran, and the wetland ecosystem. In terms of the objectives of the study and the data collection strategy utilized to achieve them, this study is descriptive analytical. The Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) created with Analysis of Moment Structures (AMoS) software and SPSS version 22 were both used for the statistical analysis. Furthermore, the probability level of (P: 0.000) is optimum to use and after that, the spatial analysis was carried out in ArcGIS using the Kriging interpolation method. The findings imply that, with a factor load of 1.13, tourism has significantly contributed to environmental degradation. In order to draw tourists to the area around Zrebar lake, there has been an increase in villa development, dispersion of the community, significant construction, and extension of farms and family gardens. A variety of both beneficial and negative effects is brought about by the growth of tourism in Marivan city, which is three kilometers from the lake. The Zrebar wetland is the most affected and the rural communities close to it suffer the most. Due to their remoteness, the villages furthest from the marsh experience less hardship. Therefore, despite its good benefits, particularly in economic growth, the increase of tourism in this area has put the ecological value and biodiversity of Zrebar wetland at threat. In the end, it can have repercussions for rural communities.

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Complexity and the Ecological Impacts of Tourism on Wetlands Ecosystem and Rural Sustainability: A Case Study of Zrebar Wetlands

Saadi,

Karimzadeh

et al. 2023

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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“…It is, then, understandable why locals are concerned about wetland degradation [27]. The impact on ecological diversity is so far minor, but limiting the entry of non-residents is already being considered in some places [28].…”

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What Affects Support for Wetland Tourism? A Case Study from Sri Lanka

Egresi

Prakash²,

Maduraperruma

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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Development of sustainable tourism is not possible without the support and involvement of the local community. Thus, it would be beneficial to understand how residents perceive tourism development. This study investigates the main factors that influence residents’ support for tourism development in the context of wetland tourism. The study was conducted in one of the most extensive wetland areas in Sri Lanka, situated not far from the capital, Colombo. The main instrument for data collection was a survey applied both to residents living inside the Muthurajawela Wetland and to residents living outside but in the proximity of the wetland. The data collected were subsequently processed, evaluated, and explained using SPSS 26. Besides descriptive statistics, a binomial logistic regression was employed to understand which factors influence residents’ attitudes toward future tourism development. The study found that six factors could predict support for tourism development: gender, age, employment (connected or not to tourism), residence (inside or outside the wetland), interaction with tourists, and satisfaction with the current level of tourism development. The results were then discussed in the context of the extant literature and limitations were acknowledged.

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“…These activities have an important role in human well-being and health since they provide physical, aesthetic and cultural benefits and offer an opportunity to experience directly a relationship with nature (Zulian et al 2013;Norman et al 2010;Lankia et al 2015). On the other hand, outdoor recreation may cause negative impacts on ecosystems through pollution, intensified erosion, harm to wildlife or habitats and biodiversity loss (Wong 2004;Tavares et al 2012). A response to these problems could be the concept of sustainable tourism which aims to balance the environmental, economic and socio-cultural features of tourism development by maintaining environmental resources, the socio-cultural livelihoods of host communities and providing stakeholder benefits (Schloegel 2007).…”

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Mapping the natural heritage as a source of recreation services at national scale in Bulgaria

Ihtimanski¹,

Nedkov²,

Semerdzhieva³

2020

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Natural heritage includes natural features or natural areas of outstanding universal value. At a national level, this value refers to the importance of ecosystems which can be considered as the spatial units representing the natural heritage of the particular area in terms of their values to people. Nature-based outdoor recreation represents an important service that interests millions of people and contributes to connecting them to nature, but it may also cause negative impacts in the form of pollution, erosion and habitats loss. We apply the ESTIMAP recreation model which provides a framework for a spatially-explicit assessment of local outdoor recreation and use it to identify and assess the natural heritage as a source of recreation services at a national level in Bulgaria. At the first stage of the study, we identify the natural heritage and the data sources to represent it in a spatially-explicit way. Then, we apply the module for recreation potential to assess the potential of the natural heritage to provide a recreation ecosystem service. At the third stage, the accessibility of the natural heritage is assessed in order to specify how the potential identified at the previous step can be really used. Finally, the recreation potential and accessibility are integrated into the recreation opportunity spectrum in order to develop the maps representing the ecosystem service supply provided by the natural heritage. The results are presented in form of a recreation potential map that reveals the capacity of natural heritage to provide the recreation potential, map of the accessibility of the natural heritage and map of the recreation opportunity spectrum representing the combination between the first two maps. The maps will be used for the development of an innovative geospatial platform designed to facilitate the access of the Bulgarian natural heritage to the European common knowledge and innovation markets. The results on the accessibility and recreation opportunity spectrum contribute to the development of the model in areas which were not covered by previous applications at the EU scale.

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The impact of tourism in a fragile wetland ecosystem in Angola: the Arco (Namibe) case study

Cited by 11 publications

References 14 publications

Complexity and the Ecological Impacts of Tourism on Wetlands Ecosystem and Rural Sustainability: A Case Study of Zrebar Wetlands

Complexity and the Ecological Impacts of Tourism on Wetlands Ecosystem and Rural Sustainability: A Case Study of Zrebar Wetlands

What Affects Support for Wetland Tourism? A Case Study from Sri Lanka

Mapping the natural heritage as a source of recreation services at national scale in Bulgaria

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