Recreational uses and motivations of visitors in seaside wetlands of costa brava (Spain)

Seaside wetlands bring together a huge quantity of services and functions, especially ecological and social. All of them depend on the ecological quality of ecosystems and on the equipment and service that allow them to be enjoyed. Tourism is an economic segment, carrying an important weight in most...

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Autores: Pueyo-Ros, Josep, Ribas Palom, Anna, Fraguell i Sansbelló, Rosa Maria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Ecoturisme
Ecotourism
Turisme
Tourism
Turisme litoral
Coasts -- Recreational use
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spelling Recreational uses and motivations of visitors in seaside wetlands of costa brava (Spain)Pueyo-Ros, JosepRibas Palom, AnnaFraguell i Sansbelló, Rosa MariaEcoturismeEcotourismTurismeTourismTurisme litoralCoasts -- Recreational useSeaside wetlands bring together a huge quantity of services and functions, especially ecological and social. All of them depend on the ecological quality of ecosystems and on the equipment and service that allow them to be enjoyed. Tourism is an economic segment, carrying an important weight in most coastal regions around the world. Hence a complete environmental management of seaside wetlands should include the touristic perspective. In this communication, we analyse usage and motivation in three seaside wetlands of the Costa Brava (Spain) through a survey realized in the months of the highest occurrence of visitors (from June to September 2015). From the results, we highlight the high number of visitors who use the sites for recreational purposes (49%), such as running or cycling, in comparison with visitors who stated aesthetic motivations (16%). Many visitors also stated no motivation for visiting the sites (31%); they use them as car parks to go to the beach or as a byway to other sites. On the other hand, most visitors stressed the landscape (30%) or the degree of naturalness (29%) as a positive element of seaside wetlands, while the majority of negative elements are linked to bad management of the site (36%). When we requested a landscape valuation in a five-point scale, a significant number of high values were shown. Furthermore, we found a link between evaluation and tourism typology (local, national or foreign, lodged or excursionist) and motivation for visit (recreational, aesthetic or without). The principal conclusion is that, despite the fact that the main uses of the seaside wetlands are recreational, tourists appreciate landscape quality and degree of naturalness in sites where they develop their activities. This assigns to tourism, especially seaside tourism, an active role in conservation of seaside wetlandsWIT Press2016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpeer-reviewedapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10256/16932http://hdl.handle.net/10256/16932International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, 2016, vol. 11, núm. 3, p. 385-395Articles publicats (D-G)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.2495/SDP-V11-N3-385-395info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1743-7601info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/1743-761XTots els drets reservatsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10256/169322026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Recreational uses and motivations of visitors in seaside wetlands of costa brava (Spain)
title Recreational uses and motivations of visitors in seaside wetlands of costa brava (Spain)
spellingShingle Recreational uses and motivations of visitors in seaside wetlands of costa brava (Spain)
Pueyo-Ros, Josep
Ecoturisme
Ecotourism
Turisme
Tourism
Turisme litoral
Coasts -- Recreational use
title_short Recreational uses and motivations of visitors in seaside wetlands of costa brava (Spain)
title_full Recreational uses and motivations of visitors in seaside wetlands of costa brava (Spain)
title_fullStr Recreational uses and motivations of visitors in seaside wetlands of costa brava (Spain)
title_full_unstemmed Recreational uses and motivations of visitors in seaside wetlands of costa brava (Spain)
title_sort Recreational uses and motivations of visitors in seaside wetlands of costa brava (Spain)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pueyo-Ros, Josep
Ribas Palom, Anna
Fraguell i Sansbelló, Rosa Maria
author Pueyo-Ros, Josep
author_facet Pueyo-Ros, Josep
Ribas Palom, Anna
Fraguell i Sansbelló, Rosa Maria
author_role author
author2 Ribas Palom, Anna
Fraguell i Sansbelló, Rosa Maria
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ecoturisme
Ecotourism
Turisme
Tourism
Turisme litoral
Coasts -- Recreational use
topic Ecoturisme
Ecotourism
Turisme
Tourism
Turisme litoral
Coasts -- Recreational use
description Seaside wetlands bring together a huge quantity of services and functions, especially ecological and social. All of them depend on the ecological quality of ecosystems and on the equipment and service that allow them to be enjoyed. Tourism is an economic segment, carrying an important weight in most coastal regions around the world. Hence a complete environmental management of seaside wetlands should include the touristic perspective. In this communication, we analyse usage and motivation in three seaside wetlands of the Costa Brava (Spain) through a survey realized in the months of the highest occurrence of visitors (from June to September 2015). From the results, we highlight the high number of visitors who use the sites for recreational purposes (49%), such as running or cycling, in comparison with visitors who stated aesthetic motivations (16%). Many visitors also stated no motivation for visiting the sites (31%); they use them as car parks to go to the beach or as a byway to other sites. On the other hand, most visitors stressed the landscape (30%) or the degree of naturalness (29%) as a positive element of seaside wetlands, while the majority of negative elements are linked to bad management of the site (36%). When we requested a landscape valuation in a five-point scale, a significant number of high values were shown. Furthermore, we found a link between evaluation and tourism typology (local, national or foreign, lodged or excursionist) and motivation for visit (recreational, aesthetic or without). The principal conclusion is that, despite the fact that the main uses of the seaside wetlands are recreational, tourists appreciate landscape quality and degree of naturalness in sites where they develop their activities. This assigns to tourism, especially seaside tourism, an active role in conservation of seaside wetlands
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