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Tourism and environmental preservation are often conflicting activities, mainly in areas such as coastal lagoons, where seaside mass-tourism comes into contact with a very sensitive ecological system. In this paper we deal with a classical problem of both environmental and tourism economics, the...
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Tourism and environmental preservation are often conflicting activities, mainly in areas such as coastal lagoons, where seaside mass-tourism comes into contact with a very sensitive ecological system. In this paper we deal with a classical problem of both environmental and tourism economics, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014153381
model of sustainable development of ecotourism. The bibliographic method made it possible to study the basic concepts … ecotourism were identified. Cluster analysis, carried out using IBM SPSS software, determined the Euclidean distance and grouped …'s vision of the essence of ecotourism, the logic of applying the methodology of cluster analysis was substantiated. The …
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Worldwide, tourism is the largest industry, with ecotourism being an important segment of the market. Every year … economic benefits derived from ecotourism. A number of relatively simple, market-based mechanisms – known collectively as …
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The national park Mavrovo has rich and diverse natural resources which are an important and valuable part of the area. In addition to the territory there are numerous attractive tourist landscapes and ambiental values which together with the cultural and historical heritage enrich the tourist...
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Tourism destination benchmarking and the assessment of tourism management performances are a crucial and challenging task in the direction of evaluating tourism sustainability and reshaping tourism activities. However, assessing tourism management efficiency per se may not provide enough...
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Currently, an essential element that distinguishes one country against another in terms of economic is the competitiveness, both at the firm or sector level, at city, region or nation.One of the factors that ensure the competitiveness is the sustainable development, development that meets the...
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The article explores the complex relationships between the natural environment , tourist transport and sustainable tourism development. In order to research the impact of natural resources on tourism activity, on the one hand, and the influences of tourism on the environment, on the other hand,...
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Tourism is one of the most important growth leading sectors in the world's economy. However, economies endowed with beautiful natural sites do always face a trade-off in the management of these resources. The problem is then to find an equilibrium point between utilisation and conservation of...
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This paper presents and discusses findings of research carried out on a sample of 141 tourism stakeholders with two tourism destinations located in Sardinia, Italy. Specifically, it investigates: (1) the priorities that respondents consider essential to attain sustainability and competitiveness...
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