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Measuring the sustainability of tourism development in protected areas: an indicator-based approach

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  • Dionysis Latinopoulos
  • Dimitra Vagiona

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The monitoring of an appropriate indicator set may provide useful directions and guidelines in order to assure a harmonious co-existence of tourism activities and ecological processes in protected areas. However, when developing a synthetic indicator there is always a balance to be struck between ease/cost of measurement and policy significance. The present paper attempts to simplify the measurement of tourism sustainability by proposing a two-step approach for developing a set of sustainable indicators under data limitations and financial constraints. An initial set of indicators is created through literature review and implementation of good practices in the selection process. The final set of indicators is specified based on stakeholders' involvement and multi-criteria analysis. The empirical application of this method was actually focused on tourism sustainability in the national park of Lake Kerkini (Serres, Greece). Nevertheless, the proposed approach can also be effectively applied in any protected area, park or nature reserve.

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  • Dionysis Latinopoulos & Dimitra Vagiona, 2013. "Measuring the sustainability of tourism development in protected areas: an indicator-based approach," International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 7(3), pages 233-251.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:7:y:2013:i:3:p:233-251
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    Cited by:

    1. Fabio Zagonari, 2019. "Multi-Criteria, Cost-Benefit, and Life-Cycle Analyses for Decision-Making to Support Responsible, Sustainable, and Alternative Tourism," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-35, February.
    2. Niovi Soldatou & Pinelopi Chatzianastasiadou & Dimitra G. Vagiona, 2022. "Assessment of Carbon-Related Scenarios for Tourism Development in the Island of Lefkada in Greece," Tourism and Hospitality, MDPI, vol. 3(2), pages 1-17, April.
    3. Dora Smolčić Jurdana & Ljiljana Zmijanović, 2014. "The effect of tourism seasonality on protected areas," Tourism and Hospitality Industry section2-4, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management.

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