Forgotten effects of active tourism activities in Spain on sustainable development dimensions

Silvia González-Morcillo (), Patricia Horrach-Rosselló (), Oscar Valero-Sierra () and Carles Mulet-Forteza ()
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Silvia González-Morcillo: University of the Balearic Islands
Patricia Horrach-Rosselló: University of the Balearic Islands
Oscar Valero-Sierra: University of the Balearic Islands
Carles Mulet-Forteza: University of the Balearic Islands

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2023, vol. 25, issue 10, No 9, 10743-10763

Abstract: Abstract This research aims at exploring the impact of active tourism activities on sustainable development dimensions. The methodology applied was based on the Theory of Forgotten Effects, which involves the use of different matrices as a research method representing relationship between different elements. According to experts’ opinions, direct and indirect relationships effects caused by active tourism on sustainable development dimensions were evaluated. Particularly, the elements in the matrices were, on the one hand, types of active tourism activities by natural setting (ground, underground, water, underwater and aerial) and, on the other hand, dimensions of sustainable development goals (economic, social, environmental, cultural and governmental). The use of the Forgotten Effects Theory allowed us to analyse incidence relationships, both direct causalities identified by experts in the first place, and also significant linkages between elements in the matrices which had been overlooked initially but showed a strong incidence after applying the aforementioned research method (indirect causalities). Besides this identification of overlooked incidences or “forgotten effects”, another remarkable contribution of this pioneer work is in the selection of themes or objects of study included in the fuzzy metrics, as no other work relating active tourism activities and sustainable development dimensions was found in the literature.

Keywords: Active tourism activities; Physical activities outdoors; Sustainable development dimensions; Forgotten effects; Incidence matrix (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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