Assessing users’ expectations and perceptions on different beach types and the need for diverse management frameworks along the Western Mediterranean

An Attempt to Characterize the “3S” (Sea, Sun, and Sand) Parameters: Application to the Galapagos Islands and Continental Ecuadorian Beaches

“…The glamorized idea in beachgoers' minds of a tropical tourist destination as a white fine sand beach with clear turquoise water was invalidated by several Coastal Scenic Assessment studies performed in different countries [24,47], and this was also the case in this paper. Ecuadorian beaches presented a great variability of sand lightness and color, but gray to dark sediments prevailed and white sand beaches were observed only in the Galapagos, the most popular international tourist destination in Ecuador (Figures 2 and 3), even if they are also visited by national tourists; this was not the case for many white sand beaches in several cays in Cuba, the use of which is mostly restricted to international visitors [58].…”

“…Pioneer studies carried out along several rivers in New Zealand have investigated human responses to two important aspects of water quality perception, visual clarity and color [47]. Such aspects were considered by users as the most relevant for both bathing and aesthetic requirements, and this is unsurprising because, intuitively, one would expect aesthetic appeal to be a strong element for bathing water.…”

Assessment of acceptable tourism beach carrying capacity in both normal and COVID-19 pandemic conditions – case study of the Town of Mali Lošinj

“…achieving comfort on the beach. In a number of papers, however, it has been observed that the value of 5 m 2 per bather is repeated (Valdemoro and Jimenez, 2006;Zacarias et al, 2011;Fernadez andBertola, 2015, Serrano et al, 2018;Cabezas, 2019;Rodella et al, 2020), which could be taken as the normal standard estimated value of beach area per bather.…”

Beach Morphology and its Dynamism from Remote Sensing for Coastal Management Support

“…Shoreline data constitute the basic resource for sun, sand and sea tourism (Cabezas-Rabadán et al, 2019a;Obiol-Menero, 2003). Due to their recreational function, they constitute an essential source of economic benefits for the Valencian region, where the tourism industry contributes to more than 14 % of the gross domestic product (Rico-Amorós et al, 2009).…”

“…Continuous and large-scale monitoring of the morphological changes of the coast through indicators as shoreline position and beach width is fundamental for understanding coastal dynamics (Song et al, 2018). It may fill the shortage and fragmentation of available long-term data (Defeo et al, 2009) providing the holistic and homogeneous approach required by coastal monitoring systems, facilitating the analysis of changes and the subsequent management (Cabezas-Rabadán et al, 2019a).…”