| How to use sustainability indicators for tourism planning: The case of rural tourism in Andalusia (Spain). | |
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PMID: 22033358 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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This paper proposes an indicators system to analyse the sustainability of tourist activity at rural destinations in countries with a consolidated tourism sector. The proposed system aims at providing tourist managers and policy-makers with information to better understand the transition to sustainability at specific destinations and to encourage them to carry out corresponding policy and management responses. To illustrate how indicators can be quantified, we create a practical guideline on how to use the statistical information available. Likewise, we suggest a method for obtaining sustainability indexes by aggregation that reduces the subjectivity associated with the composite indicator. This procedure is based on the combination of principal component analysis and distance to a reference point. Together with the definition of sustainable tourism indicators, we explain how to use these systems and sustainability indexes to fulfil three practical uses in tourism sector planning: the comparison and characterisation of destinations, the definition of benchmarking practices, and the quantification of sustainable tourism objectives. Each practical use is illustrated using the case of rural zones in a consolidated destination such as Andalusia. |
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F J Blancas; M Lozano-Oyola; M González; F M Guerrero; R Caballero |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-10-25 |
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Title: The Science of the total environment Volume: - ISSN: 1879-1026 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-10-28 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0330500 Medline TA: Sci Total Environ Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Economics, Quantitative Methods and Economic History, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain. |
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