Regional Resilience and Dependence on Tourism in a Changing Climate

André Samora-Arvela (), Patrícia Pinto (), Thomas Panagopoulos (), Eric Vaz (), Jorge Ferreira (), Helena Pina () and Diogo M. Pinto ()
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André Samora-Arvela: University of Porto
Patrícia Pinto: University of Algarve
Thomas Panagopoulos: University of Algarve
Eric Vaz: Toronto Metropolitan University
Jorge Ferreira: New University of Lisbon
Helena Pina: University of Porto
Diogo M. Pinto: University of Porto

Chapter Chapter 6 in Tourism and Climate Change in the 21st Century, 2024, pp 117-142 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The Algarve region, which socio-economy is mostly based on Sun and Sea tourism, may experience a decline due to the loss of beach area as a tourist resource because of sea level rise. As such, an adaptation pathway to enhance the regional resilience of Mediterranean regions such as the Algarve is necessary in a changing climate. Thereby, knowing that the sector diversification conduces to a regional resilience enhancement, a reduction in the Sun and Sea tourism suitability in the Algarve region could be compensated by a strategy of economic diversification, supported by sustainable touristic products, inherently contributing to increment regional resilience and to avoid the decline considering future degradations. Therefore, a paramount opportunity lies in finding nature-based, cultural, and creative tourism products to be promoted to ensure resilient long-term prosperity through economic diversification. This chapter aims to present strategic guidelines for tourism diversification for other tourism products for the Algarve region in a changing climate. Thus, a survey was applied to 400 tourists and to 400 residents, and a Delphi survey was conducted to 3 experts, 7 decision-makers, and 15 tour operators in order to assess which tourism pathways should be followed for the sustainable development of this region.

Keywords: Tourism; Diversification; Climate change; Regional resilience; Sustainability; Well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-59431-1_6

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