Sustainable Hunting as a Tourism Product in Dehesa Areas in Extremadura (Spain)

Luz-María Martín-Delgado (), Víctor Jiménez-Barrado and José-Manuel Sánchez-Martín
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Luz-María Martín-Delgado: Departamento de Arte y Ciencias del Territorio, Universidad de Extremadura, 10002 Cáceres, Spain
Víctor Jiménez-Barrado: Departamento de Geografía, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35001 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
José-Manuel Sánchez-Martín: Departamento de Arte y Ciencias del Territorio, Universidad de Extremadura, 10002 Cáceres, Spain

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-20

Abstract: The dehesa is one of the main agricultural landscapes in the Extremadura region. It is currently undergoing a production crisis caused by changes in the market, including the abandonment of uses linked to its exploitation. This situation could lead to the disappearance of this unique landscape due to its anthropogenic nature. It is therefore necessary to develop alternative activities to improve its productive profitability, which could include sustainable hunting. The hunting literature recognizes the role it plays in environmental, economic, and social sustainability, with hunting tourism being one of the productive activities that generates the most wealth within the sector, where big game hunting is of great importance. In this scenario, the regions of Villuercas-Ibores-Jara and La Siberia have an ideal landscape for the development of this modality due to their physical characteristics. For this reason, this study carried out an analysis of the situation of hunting tourism in these areas through the dissemination of a questionnaire among the managers of rural accommodation in the study area. The responses recorded were processed using statistical techniques that allowed us to extract interesting results such as the importance of hunting as a tourist resource, with a large number of big game species living in these areas, the high presence of hunters in these lodgings during the hunting season, the role that hunting plays in environmental, economic, and social sustainability, and the need to create a specific tourist product that meets the needs of the demand of hunters.

Keywords: sustainable hunting; rural areas; dehesa; tourism; conservation (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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