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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Cantarero-Prados, Francisco José author Moreno Portillo, Alejandro Miguel author 2021 An important part of the economy of the municipalities on the southern Spanish coast revolves around tourist activity, whose main attraction is the sun and beach. Events such as the arrival of swarms of jellyfish on their beaches have generated a certain amount of fear in the tourism sector. This work presents a methodological essay to evaluate the possible impact of this phenomenon on the use of the beach and the tourist economic activity linked to it. The chosen study area is the stretch of coast between the beaches of “Lagos” and “Ferrara” (eastern coast of the province of Málaga). It is developed from a risk management perspective, addressing exposure and vulnerability factors. The sources are mainly surveys. The results show that in the short term there are no clear consequences, but there are in the long term Cantarero Prados, F.J. y Moreno Portillo, A. M. (2020). Jellyfish Swarms and Degree of Exposure and Vulnerability of Recreational and Tourist Activities on Beaches. Methodological Approach to Their Assessment in the Lagos-Ferrara Sector (Málaga, Spain). En Vidal de Carvalho, João; Rocha, A.; Liberato, P.; Peña, A. (Eds.), Advances in Tourism, Technology and Systems. Selected Papers from ICOTTS20, Volume 1. (pp. 331-341). Ed. Springer. ISBN 978-981-33-4255-2; ISBN 978-981-33-4256-9 (eBook). DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-4256-9_30 978-981-33-4256-9 https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29910 10.1007/978-981-33-4256-9_30 Medusas - Málaga - Aspectos económicos Jellyfish swarms and degree of exposure and vulnerability of recreational and tourist activities on beaches. Methodological approach to Their Assessment in the Lagos-Ferrara Sector (Málaga, Spain)