RT Journal Article
T1 Assessing social carrying capacity of tourists in protected natural areas
A1 Pulido-Fernández, Juan Ignacio
A1 Carrillo-Hidalgo, Isabel
A1 López-Sánchez, Yaiza
A1 Casado-Montilla, Jairo
K1 Viajeros
K1 Espacios naturales protegidos
K1 Turismo
AB Knowing the limits of the social carrying capacity of tourism is a fundamental component of sustainable destination management, especially in protected natural areas, which implies understanding the characteristics of demand and travel. The research presented in this paper was conducted in a natural destination, the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas National Park (Spain), identifying two segments of tourists by means of cluster analysis according to a set of sociodemographic and socioeconomic variables, as well as their willingness to pay to improve the sustainability of destinations. Subsequently, each cluster was related to the variables of the social carrying capacity of tourism, and multivariate logistic regression analysis was applied. The results indicate that there is a relationship between the clusters identified and their social carrying capacity, which would be very useful to policy makers, managers, and business owners in protected natural areas, in terms of designing of pro-sustainability strategies.
PB Routledge
YR 2024
FD 2024-01-22
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/34211
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/34211
LA spa
NO Pulido-Fernández, J. I., Carrillo-Hidalgo, I., López-Sánchez, Y., & Casado-Montilla, J. (2024). Assessing social carrying capacity of tourists in protected natural areas. Current Issues in Tourism, 1-17.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026