Standardized Reading of Sustainable Tourism Indicators for Ultraperipheral Regions

Eduardo Leite, Luís Mota (), Sérgio Lousada and Ana Leite
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Eduardo Leite: Higher School of Technologies and Management, University of Madeira, 9000-082 Funchal, Portugal
Luís Mota: CITUR-Madeira—Research Centre for Tourism Development and Innovation, 9000-082 Funchal, Portugal
Sérgio Lousada: CITUR-Madeira—Research Centre for Tourism Development and Innovation, 9000-082 Funchal, Portugal
Ana Leite: OSEAN—Outermost Regions Sustainable Ecosystem for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 9000-082 Funchal, Portugal

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-15

Abstract: Sustainable development raises various challenges in terms of UPR for putting public policies into effect, and the concept, namely about the definition of metrics, is adapted to small parcels of territory. The objective of the present study is to introduce an alphanumeric reading scale for the tourism sustainability indicators in UPR, to be precise, Madeira and the Azores to allow a better interpretation and understanding. A total of 25 indicators were compared in the last 5 years and with the COVID-19 pandemic, although there are positive performances, a lack of data was observed for some indicators, and some lack of information in the last 2 years or more. During the last 5 years, the pillar of environmental sustainability has maintained its ideal form, but in comparison with the last 2 years, it has moved to critical status, which is in part a consequence of the lack of recorded data. There are indicators that are not registered on the UPR and some data from Turismo de Portugal refer only to the mainland zone. The major implication is raised in terms of the existing indicator systems, which are not all provided periodically, influencing the interpretation of the indicators of Portuguese UPR. Consequently, assertive, sustainable decisions are difficult to be taken based on non-existent or insufficient data.

Keywords: Azores; Madeira; resilience; risk; UPR; sustainability; tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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