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Land cover along hiking trails in a nature tourism destination: the Azores as a case study

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  • Diogo C. Pavão

    (CIBIO InBIO Laboratório Associado Universidade dos Açores
    Universidade dos Açores)

  • João Porteiro

    (CIBIO InBIO Laboratório Associado Universidade dos Açores
    Universidade dos Açores)

  • Maria A. Ventura

    (CIBIO InBIO Laboratório Associado Universidade dos Açores
    Universidade dos Açores)

  • Lurdes Borges Silva

    (CIBIO InBIO Laboratório Associado Universidade dos Açores)

  • António Medeiros

    (Universidade dos Açores)

  • Ana Moniz

    (CEEAplA-Centre of Applied Economic Studies of the Atlantic)

  • Mónica Moura

    (CIBIO InBIO Laboratório Associado Universidade dos Açores
    Universidade dos Açores)

  • Francisco Moreira

    (Universidade do Porto)

  • Luís Silva

    (CIBIO InBIO Laboratório Associado Universidade dos Açores
    Universidade dos Açores)

Abstract

Tourists have become increasingly interested in certain aspects of their destination, including landscape and biodiversity elements, thereby promoting the development of nature-based tourism. The Azores are considered a sustainable tourism destination, with various natural attractions, including hiking trails. Based on the hypothesis that natural vegetation/forest might have a relevant role as a tourist attraction along trails, we performed a quantitative GIS-based analysis to determine the predominant types of land cover found along hiking trails in the Azores. Different statistical approaches indicated that agriculture/pastureland dominated land cover along most trails and that land cover distribution was correlated with global land cover partitioning in the respective island. A reduced number of trails showed a distinct land cover, intersecting areas of natural vegetation/forest. Therefore, we concluded that land cover across hiking trails in this nature tourism destination was dominated by a humanized landscape, which raises questions regarding the more adequate tourist interpretation strategy to adopt in the Azores.

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  • Diogo C. Pavão & João Porteiro & Maria A. Ventura & Lurdes Borges Silva & António Medeiros & Ana Moniz & Mónica Moura & Francisco Moreira & Luís Silva, 2021. "Land cover along hiking trails in a nature tourism destination: the Azores as a case study," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 23(11), pages 16504-16528, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:23:y:2021:i:11:d:10.1007_s10668-021-01356-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-021-01356-6
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