Towards more sustainable tourism under a carbon footprint approach: The Camino Lebaniego case study

From an economic point of view, the tourism sector is one of the most important in the world with religious tourism, such as pilgrimages, being a growth area. Tourism activities also make a significant contribution to CO2 emissions (roughly 8% of the world's carbon emissions). In this framework...

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Autores: Campos Herrero, Cristina, Laso Cortabitarte, Jara|||0000-0003-4442-6786, Cristóbal García, Jorge|||0000-0003-1872-4288, Albertí Bueno, Jaume, Bala Gala, Alba, Fullana, Margalida, Fullana i Palmer, Pere, Margallo Blanco, María|||0000-0003-0305-5931, Aldaco García, Rubén|||0000-0001-6216-7031
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Camino lebaniego
Carbon footprint
Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Pilgrimage
Sustainable tourism
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spelling Towards more sustainable tourism under a carbon footprint approach: The Camino Lebaniego case studyCampos Herrero, CristinaLaso Cortabitarte, Jara|||0000-0003-4442-6786Cristóbal García, Jorge|||0000-0003-1872-4288Albertí Bueno, JaumeBala Gala, AlbaFullana, MargalidaFullana i Palmer, PereMargallo Blanco, María|||0000-0003-0305-5931Aldaco García, Rubén|||0000-0001-6216-7031Camino lebaniegoCarbon footprintLife cycle assessment (LCA)PilgrimageSustainable tourismFrom an economic point of view, the tourism sector is one of the most important in the world with religious tourism, such as pilgrimages, being a growth area. Tourism activities also make a significant contribution to CO2 emissions (roughly 8% of the world's carbon emissions). In this framework, the main objective of this research is to develop an integrated sustainable model by assessing the impact of pilgrimages to the Camino Lebaniego (Lebaniego Way) in the Cantabrian region, which is one of the most popular routes in northern Spain. To do this, it is necessary to quantify the environmental impacts of this activity since this is a key element in establishing appropriate and effective environmental management programmes. This study uses the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method, focused on the Carbon Footprint (CF) impact category, to assess the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of this activity considering "a pilgrim who completes the route in three days" as the selected functional unit (FU). In addition, the sub-sectors of accommodation, food and beverages, and waste management are taken into account. Following this route generated a total of 13.69 kg CO2 eq./FU, of which accommodation and the services offered there contributed almost 71.47%, food was 17.08%, and waste management 11.45%. The evening meal and propane consumption were the hotspots in the hostel, accounting for almost 74% of the total impact, so alternatives were proposed to reduce the impacts associated with these. In terms of transport, it was found that for the same destination, it was better to use a car rather than a plane, because the associated CO2 emissions were lower. Finally, these aspects are discussed and improvement measures for reducing GHG emissions are proposed, involving the introduction of good practices and environmental commitments from the pilgrims themselves, as well as enterprises and local communities. Ecolabels and environmental certifications should become a key tool for sending this signal to the market as should the use of public transport to the destination, among other actions. Ultimately, religious and nature tourism seems to be on the upturn, and it is likely that pilgrimage routes could be the next post-COVID travel trend.This research was funded by the INTERREG SUDOE Programme, grant number GREENTOUR: Circular Economy and Sustainable Tourism in Destinations of the SUDOE space (SOE4/P5/E1089).ElsevierUniversidad de Cantabria20222022-10-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/10902/26479Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022, 369, 13322216th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2021reponame:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabriainstname:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/264792026-06-02T12:39:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Towards more sustainable tourism under a carbon footprint approach: The Camino Lebaniego case study
title Towards more sustainable tourism under a carbon footprint approach: The Camino Lebaniego case study
spellingShingle Towards more sustainable tourism under a carbon footprint approach: The Camino Lebaniego case study
Campos Herrero, Cristina
Camino lebaniego
Carbon footprint
Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Pilgrimage
Sustainable tourism
title_short Towards more sustainable tourism under a carbon footprint approach: The Camino Lebaniego case study
title_full Towards more sustainable tourism under a carbon footprint approach: The Camino Lebaniego case study
title_fullStr Towards more sustainable tourism under a carbon footprint approach: The Camino Lebaniego case study
title_full_unstemmed Towards more sustainable tourism under a carbon footprint approach: The Camino Lebaniego case study
title_sort Towards more sustainable tourism under a carbon footprint approach: The Camino Lebaniego case study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Campos Herrero, Cristina
Laso Cortabitarte, Jara|||0000-0003-4442-6786
Cristóbal García, Jorge|||0000-0003-1872-4288
Albertí Bueno, Jaume
Bala Gala, Alba
Fullana, Margalida
Fullana i Palmer, Pere
Margallo Blanco, María|||0000-0003-0305-5931
Aldaco García, Rubén|||0000-0001-6216-7031
author Campos Herrero, Cristina
author_facet Campos Herrero, Cristina
Laso Cortabitarte, Jara|||0000-0003-4442-6786
Cristóbal García, Jorge|||0000-0003-1872-4288
Albertí Bueno, Jaume
Bala Gala, Alba
Fullana, Margalida
Fullana i Palmer, Pere
Margallo Blanco, María|||0000-0003-0305-5931
Aldaco García, Rubén|||0000-0001-6216-7031
author_role author
author2 Laso Cortabitarte, Jara|||0000-0003-4442-6786
Cristóbal García, Jorge|||0000-0003-1872-4288
Albertí Bueno, Jaume
Bala Gala, Alba
Fullana, Margalida
Fullana i Palmer, Pere
Margallo Blanco, María|||0000-0003-0305-5931
Aldaco García, Rubén|||0000-0001-6216-7031
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad de Cantabria
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Camino lebaniego
Carbon footprint
Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Pilgrimage
Sustainable tourism
topic Camino lebaniego
Carbon footprint
Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Pilgrimage
Sustainable tourism
description From an economic point of view, the tourism sector is one of the most important in the world with religious tourism, such as pilgrimages, being a growth area. Tourism activities also make a significant contribution to CO2 emissions (roughly 8% of the world's carbon emissions). In this framework, the main objective of this research is to develop an integrated sustainable model by assessing the impact of pilgrimages to the Camino Lebaniego (Lebaniego Way) in the Cantabrian region, which is one of the most popular routes in northern Spain. To do this, it is necessary to quantify the environmental impacts of this activity since this is a key element in establishing appropriate and effective environmental management programmes. This study uses the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method, focused on the Carbon Footprint (CF) impact category, to assess the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of this activity considering "a pilgrim who completes the route in three days" as the selected functional unit (FU). In addition, the sub-sectors of accommodation, food and beverages, and waste management are taken into account. Following this route generated a total of 13.69 kg CO2 eq./FU, of which accommodation and the services offered there contributed almost 71.47%, food was 17.08%, and waste management 11.45%. The evening meal and propane consumption were the hotspots in the hostel, accounting for almost 74% of the total impact, so alternatives were proposed to reduce the impacts associated with these. In terms of transport, it was found that for the same destination, it was better to use a car rather than a plane, because the associated CO2 emissions were lower. Finally, these aspects are discussed and improvement measures for reducing GHG emissions are proposed, involving the introduction of good practices and environmental commitments from the pilgrims themselves, as well as enterprises and local communities. Ecolabels and environmental certifications should become a key tool for sending this signal to the market as should the use of public transport to the destination, among other actions. Ultimately, religious and nature tourism seems to be on the upturn, and it is likely that pilgrimage routes could be the next post-COVID travel trend.
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dc.source.none.fl_str_mv Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022, 369, 133222
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