Sustainable tourism and coastal management in Mediterranean countries
Zubritckaia, Olga (2015)
Zubritckaia, Olga
Yrkeshögskolan Novia
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201505097092
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201505097092
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The Mediterranean basin is known to be one of the most popular touristic destinations in the world. However, it creates environmental pressures at the coastal areas. The purpose of this thesis is to analyse and to compare the status of the tourism and coastal management between countries belonging and not belonging to the Eurozone.
The first goal of this thesis is the examination of the existing environmental and tourism legislation in order to detect gaps and to provide recommendations for improvement. A second research goal was to investigate whether or not ‘Integrated Coastal Zone Management’ principles would generate a more sustainable tourism. The methodology of this thesis is based on a literature review. The results indicate that
every analysed country has common environmental governmental bodies and legislation, but they differ in efficiency. Additionally, the results point out the need for an efficient management, coordination and cooperation between EU and non-EU countries. In conclusion ICZM and sustainable tourism should be considered to be a complementary and strongly interlinked process to adapt the environmental and tourism legislation in order to face problems related to pollution and global change.
The first goal of this thesis is the examination of the existing environmental and tourism legislation in order to detect gaps and to provide recommendations for improvement. A second research goal was to investigate whether or not ‘Integrated Coastal Zone Management’ principles would generate a more sustainable tourism. The methodology of this thesis is based on a literature review. The results indicate that
every analysed country has common environmental governmental bodies and legislation, but they differ in efficiency. Additionally, the results point out the need for an efficient management, coordination and cooperation between EU and non-EU countries. In conclusion ICZM and sustainable tourism should be considered to be a complementary and strongly interlinked process to adapt the environmental and tourism legislation in order to face problems related to pollution and global change.