Environmental management policy in a coastal tourism municipality: the case study of Cervia (Italy)

The sustainability concept applied to human activities implies the need to harmonise the protection of environment with a satisfactory economic and social development. This is particularly true for tourism development: a misuse of the natural resources can cause a degradation of the tourist appeal of the destination, bringing it finally to its economic decline. This problem is particularly important in coastal tourism destinations. The implementation of an environmental management system is a powerful way for progressing towards better environmental performances. In this paper, the main results obtained in applying the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme procedure to the municipality of Cervia, a well-known tourist destination located on the Adriatic coast of Italy are described. This research puts into evidence that the main environmental pressures in the summer season are related to the supply of potable water, the production of solid wastes and wastewater air pollution and noise, etc. However, if correctly planned and managed, tourism can also contribute to environmental protection, to the conservation of biodiversity and to a sustainable use of natural resources.     

Environmental changes associated with mass urban tourism and nature tourism development in Hong Kong

Hong Kong's tourism is overwhelmingly urban-focused. There is a heavy concentration of tourist and ancillary facilities in a small core urban area. A well-defined tourist business district has evolved with imprints on urban morphology. Hotels and the travel industry have limited direct environmental impacts; recent efforts have reduced energy and water consumption and waste generation. Changing preferences and market diversification call for countryside and resort types of tourism. The mainly young visitors are increasingly interested in the scenic countryside with a well-established country-park system, the tourist potential of which has been neglected. Hitherto rural excursions have been confined to 'honeypots' with little penetration away from main roads. The varied possibilities of nature tourism with ecotourism ingredients can be tapped as an adjunct to the city-based counterpart. New tourist nodes such as scattered resorts and a resort island can bring visitors close to nature. The changing patterns of consumption and the increase in rural visitorship demand measures to forestall environmental degradation.     

黄山市酒店服务业环境绩效评价模型研究

随着黄山市旅游业的快速发展,酒店、宾馆等服务业产生的环境污染已越来越不容忽视。如何评价酒店服务业产生的环境影响,并提出有意义的改善措施,是目前亟待解决的问题。很多酒店在进行环境绩效考核时往往从定性的角度去评价,在很大程度上不是很客观。针对酒店服务业的现状,建立了一套较为简单可行的环境绩效评价体系,构建了基于层次分析法(AHP)的模糊综合评判模型。实证研究表明,该模型评价结果能较客观地反映酒店的环境绩效现状。     

The impacts of tourism on the environment of Mussoorie, Garhwal Himalaya, India

Mussoorie, a hill resort in the Garhwal Himalaya reveals the changing trends and impacts of tourist activity on its environment. This study was carried out during 1993–1994 and it showed that while Mussoorie had a permanent residential population of 25400 during the winter months, in the peak tourist season of May and June the population exceeded 200000 per month. Because of this huge influx of tourists the demand for lodges/hotels and other related infra-structure and super-structure facilities and amenities in the area was enormous, and it imposed a great stress on the natural environment.The data collected showed that from 1958 to 1988 the number of tourists had increased gradually but that from 1989 tourism in the town escalated following the political disturbances in the Kashmir Valley. The main purpose of the tourism was recreation (80%). It was recorded that the greatest number (60%) of the tourists were middle aged, 53% of the tourists worked in professional services. The majority of the tourists preferred to use the indigenous hotels and about 96% of the tourists used a private vehicle rather than public transport.The installation of modern tourist related facilities and infra-structure has led to the aesthetic degradation of the landscape. Tourist facility development is often disorderly and scattered. To reduce the traffic to Mussoorie town it is suggested that some nearby places like Dhanolti and Park estate should be developed for tourism.     

Caribbean small-island tourism styles and sustainable strategies

This article focuses on developing a sustainable tourism in small Caribbean islands, defined here as those that have populations of fewer than 500,000. Such islands share a very fragile ecology and a high dependence on tourism. They differ in their degree of tourist penetration and visitor density and the related degree of environmental degradation. To explain the link between tourism intensity and ecological vulnerability, the so-called “destination life-cycle model” is presented. This suggests that islands pass through three primary stages of tourist development low-density exploration, rapid growth and consolidation, and high-density maturation involving the substitution of man-made for natural attractions. A broad empirical test of the model is performed through a quantitative examination of the tourism characteristics and visitor densities of a cross section of 23 small Caribbean islands. The three basic stages or tourism styles are identified: low-impact emerging areas, high-density mass-market mature destinations, and rapidly growing intermediate islands in between. Some broad strategies consistent with the systems framework for a sustainable tourism with moderate densitites are briefly explored. An earlier version of this article was presented to Caribbean Conservation Association Conference on Economics and the Environment. Barbados, West Indies, 6–8 November, 1989.     

长海县海岛旅游发展的SWOT分析与开发对策研究

海岛旅游凭借其独特魅力成为当今旅游热点.长海县作为海岛县,旅游资源丰富,发展海岛旅游具有得天独厚的优势.立足于长海县旅游业的发展现状,通过运用SWOT模式对旅游发展的优势、劣势、机遇和挑战等内外部因素进行综合分析,在海岛开发五项原则的指导下,并结合当地实际,提出了可持续发展的对策和建议.     

突发事件对西藏入境旅游影响评估与响应机制研究

突发事件对入境旅游的影响成已为旅游业界和学术界重点关注。通过构建BP神经网络模型,利用西藏2005—2010年月入境旅游人次统计数据,评估了2008年拉萨＂3.14＂突发事件对西藏入境旅游的影响。根据突发事件发展经历爆发期、持续期、扩展期和消退期四个阶段,构建突发事件响应机制,为西藏建设世界重要旅游目的地提供重要参考。     

Energy and resource basis of an Italian coastal resort region integrated using emergy synthesis

Sustainable development of coastal zones must balance economic development that encourages human visitation from a larger population with desires that differ from the local residents with the need to maintain opportunities for the local resident society and conserve ecological capital, which may serve as the basis for residents.We present a case study in which the sustainability level of a coastal zone (Riviera del Beigua), located along the Ligurian coast of north-western Italy, was assessed through the lens of systems ecology using emergy synthesis to integrate across economic, social and environmental sub-systems.Our purposes were (1) to quantify the environmental sustainability level of this coastal zone, (2) to evaluate the role of tourism in affecting the economy, society and environment, and (3) to compare emergy synthesis to Butler's Tourism Area Life Cycle model (TALC). Results showed that 81% of the total emergy consumption in the coastal zone was derived from external sources, indicating that this tourist-heavy community was not sustainable. Tourism, as the dominant economic sub-system, consumed 42% of the total emergy budget, while local residents used the remaining 58%. The progressive stages of the TALC model were found to parallel the dynamic changes in the ratio of external emergy inputs to local emergy inputs, suggesting that emergy synthesis could be a useful tool for detecting a tourist region's TALC stage. Use of such a quantitative tool could expedite sustainability assessment to allow administrative managers to understand the complex relationship between a region's economy, environment and resident society so sound policies can be developed to improve overall sustainability.     

Emergy synthesis of tourism-based urban ecosystem

Macao is a tourist city with a dense population, but is short on natural resources. Almost all of the life-support resources of the city depend on imports from outside. During the past 20 years, Macao has experienced an economic boom accompanied by rapid social development. The tourism industry (including gambling, hotel accommodation, restaurant dining, and shows) have become the city's main economic activity since 1991. This paper uses emergy flow analysis to investigate and characterize the urban evolution and city development that have occurred in Macao from 1983 to 2003. Macao's tourism industry has existed almost from the establishment of the city, with the legalization of gambling in Macao occurring in 1850. Tourism has become the biggest industry in Macao, contributing more than half of the city's revenues since 1995. The emergy flow related to tourism was tracked and analyzed to measure its contribution to Macao. In addition, we used statistical analysis to divide the various emergy-based indicators into three categories: positive, negative, and insensitive indicators.     

城市旅游综合体发展模式与对策研究

旅游综合体顺应了世界休闲业发展的潮流,它以旅游为主导,是一种全新的生产力形态。界定了城市旅游综合体的基本概念,归纳了城市旅游综合体的主要特征,探讨了城市旅游综合体形成的机制,认为旅游消费转型发展、地方特色文化传承、城市商业发展、旅游供给能力升级、政府的城市发展政策支持是城市旅游综合体形成的主要因素。依据城市旅游综合体发展的核心驱动功能不同,将城市旅游综合体的开发模式分为娱乐旅游综合体、休闲度假游综合体、会展旅游综合体和商业旅游综合体4种类型,在此基础上,提出了促进城市旅游综合体健康持续发展的对策。     

四川省游客流时间分布特征及成因分析

将四川省作为旅游目的地,以旅游人数为指标,运用季节性强度指数、季节指数以及数理统计方法比较分析了四川省入境游客流与国内游客流的时间分布特征,主要从年际变化特征与月变化特征两个方面进行研究。依据四川省主要旅游景点季节性强度指数的时间变化特征,从旅游主体、旅游客体和旅游媒体三方面分别探讨了游客流时间变化的成因,重点研究了旅游客体类型、知名度、区位等因素对游客流时间分布特征的影响。     

陕西关中地区旅游流"井喷效应"的时空演变规律

旅游流"井喷现象"是特殊时段旅游流时空分布的特殊现象之一,其时空分布规律研究有助于旅游目的地的科学管理参照.选取关中地区旅游资源丰富的西安、宝鸡、华山三地作为案例,建立"黄金周"客流周内波动指数R,周内分布偏度指数G,并使用相关分析和Pearson相关系数,分析陕西关中地区特殊时段内旅游流"井喷效应"的时空演变规律.结果显示,在假日制度时间约束下,旅游流呈现"井喷现象"显著,一级旅游目的地城市的旅游资源属性、周边地区旅游资源配置和区位交通状况共同影响着游客的空间选择行为,从而影响区域旅游流的时间和空间分布.     

基于顾客忠诚的安徽省经济型酒店发展策略

经济型酒店已迅速发展为安徽酒店业一个新的增长点,已成为国内外酒店管理集团的焦点.然而,经济型酒店在快速发展的同时,面临着许多问题.现代酒店的竞争非常激烈,只有以顾客为中心,提高顾客的忠诚度和满意度,才能在激烈的竞争中立于不败之地.阐述了安徽省经济型酒店的发展现状,对影响安徽省经济型酒店顾客忠诚度的因素进行分析,探讨了目前安徽省经济型酒店提高顾客忠诚度面临的问题,最后从顾客忠诚的角度提出发展安徽省经济型酒店的策略.     

The use of forests for the purpose of tourism: the case of Belek Tourism Center in Turkey

The main aim of this article is to examine and review the usage of forests for the purpose of tourism in Turkey with the case study of Antalya-Belek. The use and conversion of forest lands is central to tourism development. Land use change is responsible for the majority of the negative environmental impacts of tourism on natural resources. Worldwide, forests and coastal zones are converted for the construction of tourist facilities. The rapid emergence of mass tourism development in Turkey, encouraged without considering protection and sustainable use of natural and cultural resources, has resulted in serious problems in forest areas. This paper is particularly concerned with land use change in forests (or deforestation) created by the allocation of forest lands to build tourist facilities. In Belek, a tourism center located in Antalya province's coastal areas and the fastest growing destination of the country, all tourist facilities have been established in forest lands under the status of conservation forest. Today, the Belek Conservation Forest is under severe pressure from tourism.     

我国滨海地区入境旅游流空间结构研究

以我国滨海11个省（市）1995--2011年17年间入境旅游资料为基础,从旅游流流量、旅游流客源地空间结构和旅游流目的地空间结构方面研究入境旅游流空间结构。结果显示,滨海省（市）入境旅游流流量一直呈现持续增长态势;滨海省（市）入境旅游外国客源市场的地理集中指数处于31—34．5之间,总体趋势减小;入境游客密度指数说明滨海地区入境旅游流目的地呈现明显的非均衡态势,整体上是从中心向两翼递减的空间格局。     

发展旅游对海岛环境的影响及应对策略研究

海岛作为一个独特的地理单元，旅游资源丰富，发展前景广阔，但在海岛旅游迅速发展的同时，海岛环境也受到极大的影响。而海岛又是环境敏感地区，生态环境脆弱，一旦破坏就难以恢复，所以重视海岛旅游出现的环境问题，加强对海岛环境的保护，促进海岛经济的可持续发展应引起广泛的关注和重视。     

The consequences of tourism for sustainable water use on a tropical island: Zanzibar, Tanzania

Many developing countries in the tropics have focused on tourism to generate additional income sources and to diversity the economy. Coastlines in particular have been on the forefront of tourist infrastructure development. Here, the presence of a large number of tourists has often had negative consequences for the sustainable use of the available resources, which in turn has had an effect on the integrity of the ecosystems. In this paper, the situation is described for the use of freshwater resources on the east coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania. This region is water poor, relying on freshwater derived from seasonal rains and stored in less efficient aquifers, which consist of freshwater lenses floating on the underlying seawater. Tourism in the area has grown rapidly in recent years and is expected to further increase in the future. This development is expected to put additional pressure on the freshwater resources of the east coast, which show already signs of over-use. The consequences of overexploitation can include the lowering of the groundwater table, land subsidence, deteriorating groundwater quality, and saltwater intrusion. These, in turn, determine the living conditions in coastal areas and the effects will be felt both by the local populations and the tourist industry. An investigation is made into the causes and consequences of water abstraction by the tourist industry. The results show that present levels of withdrawal are not sustainable, and parts of the local populations are already experiencing water deficits on a daily basis. In the future, if the expected increase in tourist numbers occurs, the pressure on the aquifers will correspondingly increase. The results could be that the tourism in the area becomes unsustainable, which could have an adverse effect on the national economy and also on the local population and environment. Therefore, a precautionary water-management approach is suggested.     

我国自驾车旅游市场发展动力、特征及其效应

自驾车旅游是我国近年来兴起的一种新兴的旅游方式.论述了旅游组织方式的发展规律、旅游者的心理需求、汽车业发展、交通设施发展以及灵活的价格机制是自驾车旅游发展的主要因素,从人口学特征、旅游动机、旅游方式、旅游消费和空间流动规律等方面阐述了自驾车旅游市场特征,分析了它的经济效益和社会效益,并对自驾车旅游的可持续发展提出了相应对策.     

山水景观型自然旅游地自然旅游资源评价--以江苏省10个山水景观型自然旅游地为例

界定了6种要素来评价山水景观型自然旅游地自然旅游资源的整体吸引力:周边的自然吸引物聚集体、自然吸引物聚集体、可进入性、旅游基础设施、当地社区与区域环境、环境损害程度评价,并运用层次分析法对这6种要素进行了权重赋值,对每一种评价要素又设定了若干评价因子.在此基础上,构建了山水景观型自然旅游地自然旅游资源评价的等级结构,并以江苏省10个山水景观型自然旅游地为例进行了实证研究.     

The challenge of sustainable development in small island developing states: case study on tourism in the Caribbean

Small island developing states (SIDS) in the Caribbean have long specialised in primary commodity exports, and traditional export sectors continue to be a major source of employment. The challenge of sustainable development for the Caribbean SIDS has two dimensions. The first is to adjust to the economic and social impact of the loss of preferential markets for traditional exports and of the dismantling of the ISI apparatus erected during the post-World War II period. The second is to ensure that existing and new patterns of production and consumption comply with the criteria for sustainable development, which is here defined as environmental, socio-cultural and economic sustainability.
This article outlines the potential contribution of sustainable tourism to the larger goal of sustainable development in the SIDS in the Caribbean. It reviews current literature on sustainable development and sustainable tourism, particularly their application to the Caribbean SIDS, and evaluates the Caribbean tourism industry from the point of view of sustainable tourism. Conclusions are drawn and proposals made for a policy-oriented agenda in support of the quest for sustainable tourism in the SIDS in the Caribbean.