 Exploring multi-dimensional recreational quality of beach socio-ecological systems in the Canary Islands (Spain)Carolina Peña-Alonso, Eduard Ariza, Luis Hernández-Calvento and Emma Pérez-Chacón Tourism Management, 2018, vol. 64, issue C, 303-313 Abstract: Beaches exposed to continuous arrivals of tourists, such as on the Canary Islands, are subject to demands for quality requirements that are more stringent than in other coastal areas with seasonal tourism. It is therefore especially necessary to evaluate the recreational quality of these beaches. This paper develops a system of indicators (accessibility, environmental quality, water quality, comfort, scenic quality, human activity and infrastructure, facilities and safety) which integrates the narratives of stakeholders, and reveals high recreational quality values at urban and semi-urban beaches, moderate to high values at semi-urban beaches, and low values for services at natural beaches. In order to increase the quality of (i) accessibility at urban and semi-urban beaches, (ii) comfort, scenic quality, facilities and safety services at semi-urban beaches and (iii) water quality, facilities and safety at natural beaches, local management practices need to be adapted in accordance with the different types of beaches. Keywords: Recreational quality; Indicator system; Beach management; User perception; Expert narratives (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:64:y:2018:i:c:p:303-313 DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2017.09.008 Access Statistics for this article Tourism Management is currently edited by Chris Ryan More articles in Tourism Management from Elsevier |
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