The use of natural protected areas has been analyzed abundantly in the relevant literature, although on many occasions these areas are studied from the viewpoint of their role as a tourist destination in themselves, while neglecting their role as a tourist attraction that can be visited from the main destination of their stay. In certain specific areas, as in the case of Extremadura, protected areas are often a complementary destination for visitors who are staying in popular tourist hubs. This study is based on data from 4 different spaces (with different degrees in their status as protected areas) about the flow of tourists they generate at the destination. In light of the data, this paper identifies the 41 towns and villages with the most tourists, later to determine their mobility towards natural protected areas. Information was collected from almost 14,000 surveys that were filled at 52 tourist offices. This information allowed us to map the flow of tourists from their places of stay to the protected areas analyzed here, which resulted in the mapping of relevant networks by means of a Geographic Information System following the criterion of shortest path available. The results here clearly demonstrate that each area has a varying capacity to attract visitors, although in a large proportion of cases, the 60-min isochrone is a boundary beyond which the number of visitors drops significantly.

La actividad cinegética en España se caracteriza por la coexistencia de dos modelos de diferente aprovechamiento, de acuerdo con su finalidad: social y privado/comercial. El modelo privado/comercial tiene un mayor peso que el social, aunque cada comunidad autónoma presenta su situación particular. En este sentido, Extremadura es un caso singular en el que ambos modelos muestran un equilibrio en extensión superficial. A pesar de ello, mientras que la llamada caza comercial cuenta con un corpus bibliográfico de cierta relevancia, ha sucedido lo contrario con la caza social.  Por esta razón, el principal objetivo de este trabajo es generar conocimiento sobre un modelo de caza que es muy representativo en Extremadura, el modelo social. Especial interés tiene en este trabajo la realización de una encuesta en la que han participado más de 130 sociedades locales de cazadores federadas en la región. El análisis de las respuestas obtenidas se ha llevado a cabo mediante el uso de técnicas estadísticas que han permitido la obtención de interesantes resultados. Entre ellos cabe mencionar la notable masculinización de estas sociedades, la baja calidad cinegética de los terrenos que gestionan y las dificultades que encuentran para acometer determinadas medidas, ante la carencia de recursos económicos.

The constant declaration of new protected natural spaces that has taken place on a world scale in recent decades has caused changes in rural areas, where these spaces are often host to traditional activities that have acted over time as the area’s main sources of wealth. Among these activities, hunting has been one of the most affected. For this reason, the following study analyzes the incidence of one of the economic sectors linked to venatoria, hunting tourism, in two protected areas with an established hunting tradition: Sierra de San Pedro and Monfragüe. In order to achieve this objective, a questionnaire was drawn up and subsequently completed by a large proportion of the tourist accommodation establishments located in these areas. The results were obtained by means of statistical techniques and yielded very interesting information. This included information about the strong presence of hunting tourism in both regions, the differences in the presence of hunters according to the type of tourist accommodation, and the interest of hunters in taking part in activities other than hunting.

Los continuos avances tecnológicos han supuesto ingentes progresos en las tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación como la interacción entre usuarios con la llegada de la Web 2.0. Dicho desarrollo ha transformado el sector turístico en numerosos aspectos como el origen de la reputación online o la nueva modalidad de gestión de los alojamientos turísticos. En dicho escenario la presente investigación aborda la reputación en línea que presentaban los alojamientos de turismo rural en Extremadura durante el año 2017, así como su influencia en la gestión. Tras el análisis llevado a cabo a través de la aplicación de técnicas de estadística espacial junto a otras de análisis de patrones espaciales, se ha detectado la eficiencia de la estadística espacial frente a otras técnicas, permitiendo descubrir destinos en los que se concentran elevados porcentajes de opiniones positivas, otros donde prima la presencia de mayores valores de opiniones negativas, así como la escasa gestión realizada por los responsables de los establecimientos ante sendas opiniones. Asimismo, se ha comprobado la notable influencia de la presencia de un rico patrimonio cultural a la hora de la elección del destino final, pues pese a existir opiniones negativas sobre un establecimiento y carecer éste de gestiones correctas, la demanda continúa seleccionándolo.

Hunters make a large number of trips during the hunting season all over the world due to the irregular distribution of hunting species. The proliferation of this kind of travel gives rise to the origin of a new kind of specific tourism, i.e., hunting tourism. Currently, the economic magnitude of this kind of travel has led to carrying out numerous studies on the subject. It has, however, been observed that most of them concentrate on the economic and environmental aspects of this activity and neglect a parameter as important as demand. Becoming familiar with the characteristics of the hunting traveller allows more appropriate management of this kind of tourism. It is for this reason that this study approaches the various profiles of hunting travellers residing in Extremadura and determines the most important characteristics of their movements. The main source of information for this research is the results obtained from distributing a questionnaire during a period of one year. These data have been processed by univariate and bivariate statistical techniques, which allow us to obtain groundbreaking results. These include, in particular, the considerable mobility of the hunter resident in Extremadura, who makes a large number of trips in order to hunt during the season, and the relationship between the number of days hunters travel, according to their income.

Geological heritage has become a tourist resource with huge potential in certain areas, which has given rise to a tourism category known as geotourism which has entered the generic framework of rural tourism. The main elements around which geotourism revolves are geoparks and geosites. However, despite the recognized role which is played by the latter as a tourist resource, there is a widespread lack of knowledge of the characteristics of the demand. This study aims to characterize the demand of the Villuercas–Jara–Ibores geopark in Spain based on information provided by surveys which has subsequently been processed by means of a Geographical Information System. The results obtained allow the differentiation of various types of profile of those providing the demand according to whether we consider visitors to the geopark as a whole or whether we separate tourists (visitors who spend the night in the geopark) from visitors (visitors who do not stay there). Among our main conclusions it should be emphasized that it is only possible to establish a difference between tourists and visitors if the main motivations are taken into account. It should also be stressed that the geopark operates as an internal tourist destination for those spending the night in other regions of Extremadura.

The advances achieved in ICT in recent years have led to numerous changes in a multitude of sectors including tourism. The origin of a new communicative reality which allows interaction between users by means of various web portals should be emphasised. In this sense, online reputation arises, which corresponds to the recording of the opinions which the tourist expresses on the Internet of the various tourist destinations and accommodation. This reputation has a significant influence on the processes of planning and choice of the final destination, in such a way that the recording of a number of negative mentions can lead to a decrease in the number of tourists visiting a place. It is for this reason that this study aimed to determine the situation of the online reputation of rural accommodation establishments located in the Autonomous Region of Extremadura by means of an analysis of the opinions recorded by the rural tourist on various web portals of some of the services provided. To do so, we resorted to the application of spatial statistical techniques to determine which districts show an aggregation of high or low values of both positive and negative mentions. At the same time, the strengths and weaknesses of the online reputation of these accommodation establishments were detected.

El turismo es un sector económico que ha alcanzado en el siglo XXI un notorio auge, tanto a nivel nacional como internacional, de acuerdo con los datos que ofrecen diferentes fuentes. Dentro de este sector existen numerosas modalidades de carácter específico, siendo una de ellas el turismo cinegético. En este trabajo se aborda una de las cuestiones menos conocida de esta tipología turística: el perfil de la demanda. Para ello se ha recurrido al uso de fuentes primarias recopiladas por el Observatorio Turístico de Extremadura, vía encuesta, en las oficinas de turismo de la comunidad autónoma. Los resultados han sido tratados mediante la aplicación de técnicas estadísticas descriptivas. De este análisis se han obtenido importantes resultados que han permitido generar conocimiento sobre las características del perfil de la demanda. Entre los resultados obtenidos cabe destacar la singular caracterización sociodemográfica, las peculiares características del viaje realizado y el indudable interés que tienen estos turistas por el desarrollo de otras actividades distintas a las de la práctica de las artes venatorias.