 Is the protection of beach and dune vegetation compatible with tourism?Octavio Pérez-Maqueo, M. Luisa Martínez and Rosendo Cóscatl Nahuacatl Tourism Management, 2017, vol. 58, issue C, 175-183 Abstract: The paradox of development vs. protection and conservation of the coasts highlights the need to determine if tourism and conservation can be compatible rather than opposite activities. We analyzed the spatial and temporal changes in vegetation cover, composition and diversity in three beaches located in the state of Veracruz (Mexico) with different levels of tourism activity (Natural, Trailer Park and Hotels). We calculated tourist density and evaluated vegetation cover, species richness and diversity and analyzed the changes before and after three holiday seasons (winter, spring and summer). The Natural site had the highest vegetation cover (42.8 m2), species richness (14) and diversity (1.50), and Trailer Park the lowest (4.9 m2, 8 species, and 0.897 respectively). The BACI (Before-After-Control-Design) analysis showed no significant differences before and after the holiday seasons. Our results show how low and medium density tourism can be compatible with the protection of beach and coastal dune vegetation. Keywords: Beach; Coastal dunes; Human impact; Vegetation; BACI; Veracruz; Low and medium density tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:touman:v:58:y:2017:i:c:p:175-183 DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.10.019 Access Statistics for this article Tourism Management is currently edited by Chris Ryan More articles in Tourism Management from Elsevier |
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