A Nature Tourism Route through GIS to Improve the Visibility of the Natural Resources of the Altar Volcano, Sangay National Park, Ecuador

Montoya, Alex Vinicio Gavilanes; Parra, José Fernando Esparza; Velásquez, Carlos Renato Chávez; Guanuche, Paúl Eduardo Tito; Vintimilla, Grace Maribel Parra; Mestanza-Ramón, Carlos; Vizuete, Danny Daniel Castillo

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“…In this way, GIS are being used for a long time to provide decision support information (Lukasheh, Droste, & Warith, 2001; Yianna & Poulicos, 2003; Bahaire & Eliott-White, 2010; Belo, Silva, Brito, & Menezes, 2015), and to solve several problems through geodata design and analysis, as is the case of the tourism pressure in the environment and the management of geographical information to strengthening tourism territories (Magige, Jepkosgei, & Onywere, 2020; Gavilanes Montoya et al, 2021).…”

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Using geographical information systems in literary tourism: an analysis to the “An English family” novel, from Júlio Dinis

Oliveira,

Albuquerque

2023

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Purpose The paper aims to present a literary itinerary inspired in Julio Dinis’ novel An English Family (Uma Família Inglesa) through a comparative analysis of the places identified in the novel and the touristic attraction proposed by Visit Porto website. This novel is representative of the cultural identity and society of Porto city in the 19th century. Developing an itinerary based on this novel can facilitate the reading and understanding of the historical and cultural development of Porto. Design/methodology/approach This case study is based on the reading of the Julio Dinis’ novel An English Family (Uma Família Inglesa), whose storyline takes place in Porto city, Portugal in the 19th century. It used QGIS v. 3.12 software, a geographical information system to identify the places, to produce the maps and to create the itinerary. Findings The comparison between the places identified in the novel and the tourist attraction in Visit Porto website revealed that only 6 points in the novel are referenced on Visit Porto website. These points correspond to the ones in the historical city centre of Porto. However, the creation of an itinerary that brings together all the points mentioned by Julio Dinis in his novel, will allow the development of a new touristic itinerary, alternative to existing itineraries in the city and that can be seen as a distinguish offer that allows a different view of the urban space of Porto. Research limitations/implications There are some limitations to this study that can be highlighted. First, it was difficult to find the correct location of some points identified in the novel, due to difficulty of finding historical maps with quality of the data. At the same time, as tourist information is dispersed by several sources, and most of those data is not georeferenced, it was time consuming the integration of all the information in the same geodatabase. The choice of the shortest path can also be considered as a limitation, rather than the route followed by the author in the novel, but geographic information systems operates on spatial and temporal scale, which can present a limitation in tourism analysis. In the case of this project, we have chosen the shortest path, assuming that tourist would prefer that. Originality/value This research allowed to address two areas of knowledge that are emerging in the study of urban centres as tourist areas: the use of GIS and literary tourism. Despite the fact that there are already articles on this subject, the originality focuses on the approach made around one of the greatest writers of Portugal in the 19th century, allowing to present a tourist itinerary about one of his literary works, and the comparison made between the places identified in the novel and the tourist points identified on the Visit Porto website.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Using geographical information systems in literary tourism: an analysis to the “An English family” novel, from Júlio Dinis

Oliveira,

Albuquerque

2023

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“…Los puntos fueron georreferenciados en campo mediante una unidad GPS (Global Positioning System), se registraron 713 ocurrencias en total. Finalmente, la información recolectada (coordenadas) fue procesada en el software ArcGIS 10.5 (Akter et al, 2020), usando el Sistema de Referencia Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), World Geodetic System (WGS 1984), zona 17 (Gavilanes Montoya et al, 2021).…”

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“…Se añadió la conectividad de los hábitats mediante la variable ecosistemas que representa la caracterización, localización y distribución de los ecosistemas para el año 2012, a escala 1: 100 000 a partir de modelamientos biofísicos, interpretación de imágenes satelitales (2010-2012) y validación en campo. Finalmente se homologó los raster para el tamaño de celda (30 x 30) con un número de columnas de 1138 y 768 filas y con la proyección WGS 1984 17 SUR (Gavilanes Montoya et al, 2021), y se transformaron en formato ASCII según requerimientos del software Maxent (Cartaya Ríos et al, 2016).…”

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Modelado de Maxent, predicción de la distribución espacial de la vicuña en Ecuador

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Introducción. En 1988 se reintrodujeron camélidos sudamericanos en la Reserva de Producción de Fauna Chimborazo, siendo la especie emblemática la vicugna vicugna. Objetivo. Determinar la distribución espacial actual y potencial de la vicuña y evaluar la contribución de las variables para establecer la idoneidad del hábitat. Metodología. La investigación fue no experimental, de campo, de nivel evaluativo y propone lineamientos y criterios ambientales, topográficos y antrópicas para un manejo sostenible de la especie. En un primer momento se geo referenció presencias de los individuos, luego se prepararon las capas de las variables: NDVI, NDWI, MDE, precipitación, uso del suelo, temperatura y tipo de ecosistemas y finalmente se corrió el modelo del software Maxent y se evaluaron las contribuciones. Resultados. El 63,7% RPFCH posee sitios no adecuados para la vicuña, el 26,1% se considera como zonas potenciales de distribución, el hábitat moderadamente adecuado lo ocupa el 10,1% y finalmente apenas el 0,1% corresponde al hábitat altamente adecuado puesto que reúne las condiciones favorables para la supervivencia y reproducción de la especie. Conclusiones. La variable que más contribuye a establecer la idoneidad del hábitat es el NDVI, este detecta zonas con densidad de biomasa baja, pero con calidad nutricional del forraje. El 63,7% de la RPFCh son sitios no adecuados para la especie, mientras apenas el 36,3% corresponden a zonas altamente adecuadas, moderadamente adecuado y moderadamente bajo, que insta a plantear medidas a mediano y largo plazo para el manejo de la especie.

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“…Those engaging in such activities are denoted as tourists (UNWTO, 2021). This robustly positions tourism as one of the planet's largest and swiftest burgeoning industries (Smith, 1993;De Freitas, 2003;Hamilton & Tol, 2004;Scott & Lemieux, 2010;Nagy & Piscoti, 2016;Hu et al, 2021;Gavilanes et al, 2021;Prameshwori et al, 2021). In actuality, tourism, a pervasive pursuit that attracts over 1.18 billion international tourists annually, serves as a pivotal economic sector, generating more than 284 million employments and yielding an excess of 7.2 trillion US dollars yearly (Lim et al, 2019).…”

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GIS based daily tourism route proposal for surrounding provinces and districts from Ankara’s Çankaya district (Turkey)

Gungor,

Sucu,

Dinc

et al. 2024

Environ Dev Sustain

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With the dynamic evolution of the tourism sector, a multitude of shifts in tourism activities and traveler motivations have transpired. These changes, spurred by technological advancements, economic fluctuations, and geopolitical developments due to heightened global competition, have introduced a fresh dimension to tourism dynamics. Significantly, the strategic creation of new tourism itineraries has become pivotal, given the tourism sector's integral role in city branding. In this study, the focal point was the Çankaya district within the Ankara province, deemed a central reference. Positioned at the heart of Turkey, Ankara province boasts the second-largest population according to TUIK (2020) data. Within this province, Çankaya district stands as the most densely populated, rendering it the designated study area. In Çankaya, which is one of the most heavily employed areas by public workers in Turkey, strategically positioned and with high population potential, the tourism planning of day trips, especially on weekends, is crucial to be conducted within the framework of time–distance savings. Without such planning, it might be challenging to achieve an efficient travel organization, especially for tourists who allocate fewer resources to travel planning in recent years, have limited time, and are selective about tourism destinations. In line with the research problem, the aim of the study is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of tourism accessibility, using the example of Çankaya district in Ankara, and to visualize the results of the analysis within a quantitative methodology framework to present concrete outputs. The more specific objective of this study is to determine a tourism route that allows tourists to reach important tourist attractions in the shortest and most convenient routes within the framework of time–distance savings, with a maximum travel time of 3 h in the research area. The expected scientific contributions from the objectives are as follows: contributing to transportation optimization related to tourism, bringing attention to historical, natural, and cultural places within the determined tourism route that are still undiscovered, less known, or not evaluated as individual tourism destinations, providing valuable information to destination managers, raising awareness about tourism opportunities in each destination, and contributing economically to the region. Employing a quantitative methodology, the study hinged on time-based road matrix analysis, facilitated by Geographical Information Systems, to chart routes from Çankaya district to surrounding districts. During this analysis, preference was given to routes with gentle curves, mitigating negative impacts on vehicle speed compared to more convoluted alternatives. Subsequently, leveraging 21 distinct types of tourism attractions, tourism sites feasible for visits within 1, 2, and 3-h intervals were pinpointed. At the study's culmination, an assemblage of 841 daily tourist destinations in and around Ankara were meticulously delineated and cartographically depicted using MapInfo Pro 2019.3 version. This endeavor underscores a concerted effort to offer tourists, both local and beyond, a well-crafted roadmap to explore and relish the plethora of cultural, historical, and natural treasures that Ankara and its neighboring regions have to offer.

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A Nature Tourism Route through GIS to Improve the Visibility of the Natural Resources of the Altar Volcano, Sangay National Park, Ecuador

Cited by 14 publications

References 35 publications

Using geographical information systems in literary tourism: an analysis to the “An English family” novel, from Júlio Dinis

Using geographical information systems in literary tourism: an analysis to the “An English family” novel, from Júlio Dinis

Modelado de Maxent, predicción de la distribución espacial de la vicuña en Ecuador

GIS based daily tourism route proposal for surrounding provinces and districts from Ankara’s Çankaya district (Turkey)

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