Recreational uses and motivations of visitors in seaside wetlands of costa brava (Spain)
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2019-09-09T09:46:00Z
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2019-09-09T09:46:00Z
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2016-06-01
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1743-7601
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Seaside wetlands bring together a huge quantity of services and functions, especially ecological and social. All of them depend on the ecological quality of ecosystems and on the equipment and service that allow them to be enjoyed. Tourism is an economic segment, carrying an important weight in most coastal regions around the world. Hence a complete environmental management of seaside wetlands should include the touristic perspective. In this communication, we analyse usage and motivation in three seaside wetlands of the Costa Brava (Spain) through a survey realized in the months of the highest occurrence of visitors (from June to September 2015). From the results, we highlight the high number of visitors who use the sites for recreational purposes (49%), such as running or cycling, in comparison with visitors who stated aesthetic motivations (16%). Many visitors also stated no motivation for visiting the sites (31%); they use them as car parks to go to the beach or as a byway to other sites. On the other hand, most visitors stressed the landscape (30%) or the degree of naturalness (29%) as a positive element of seaside wetlands, while the majority of negative elements are linked to bad management of the site (36%). When we requested a landscape valuation in a five-point scale, a significant number of high values were shown. Furthermore, we found a link between evaluation and tourism typology (local, national or foreign, lodged or excursionist) and motivation for visit (recreational, aesthetic or without). The principal conclusion is that, despite the fact that the main uses of the seaside wetlands are recreational, tourists appreciate landscape quality and degree of naturalness in sites where they develop their activities. This assigns to tourism, especially seaside tourism, an active role in conservation of seaside wetlands
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eng
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WIT Press
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Reproducció digital del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.2495/SDP-V11-N3-385-395
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International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, 2016, vol. 11, núm. 3, p. 385-395
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Recreational uses and motivations of visitors in seaside wetlands of costa brava (Spain)
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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025753
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peer-reviewed
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1743-761X