Factors that affect the perception of a tourist resource’s value: the case of the Caminito del Rey

Soler, Ismael P.; Gémar, Germán

doi:10.18089/tms.2019.150301

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“…At another level, with the objective of boosting the local economy, methodologies are proposed for planning the development and implementation of hiking routes based on a global project for developing communities. Local and community-based tourism (Ohe, 2019; Soler and Gemar, 2019) considers the complete development of a tourism resource based on the available services – accommodation, activities, attractions – as foundations for creating resources (Mnguni and Giampiccoli, 2017). This type of tourism, based on the integration of the visitor into the rural community, allows direct contact with its cultural values and traditions.…”

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The potential of defensive architectural heritage as a resource for proposing cultural itineraries

Ruiz-Jaramillo

García-Pulido

Montiel-Vega

et al. 2021

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PurposeHeritage landmarks and historical values often coexist with places and regions of remarkable environmental and landscape wealth. This article studies their capacity to generate global understanding of their territory through the creation of cultural routes. The proposed methodology is verified through the study of the defensive features of the ancient Nasrid Kingdom, the last Islamic territory in the Iberian Peninsula from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century, which shaped the Spanish region known as the Kingdom of Granada until the nineteenth century.Design/methodology/approachTo assist in the proposal of new routes, a precise collection of physical data (topography, landmarks, resources, population centres …), existing public paths and protected natural sites was carried out. Those cultural routes relevant to the area of study were also selected and mapped through GIS. A set of indicators prioritised through an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) have evaluated the proposed itineraries.FindingsThe methodology enables the integral evaluation of parameters such as natural heritage, existing paths networks, defensive architectural heritage (watchtowers), existing cultural routes or proximity to basic services. The methodology's application allows an index to be obtained that quantifies the global implications of these parameters in the design of new itineraries. This leads to the development of a network with its own narrative that provides a historical, environmental and cultural meaning.Originality/valueWatchtowers in this region have previously been studied as isolated and locally relevant architectural features. This work studies them from an overall perspective, considering each tower as a piece of a complex defensive and territorial system. Cultural routes arise from this joint interpretation as tools to restore and highlight the interrelationship between architectural heritage and territory and people.

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The potential of defensive architectural heritage as a resource for proposing cultural itineraries

Ruiz-Jaramillo

García-Pulido

Montiel-Vega

et al. 2021

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“…The Caminito del Rey is a key tourist resource located in the interior of the province of Malaga, Spain [ 33 ]. While the coast of Malaga is an internationally known sun-and-beach destination [ 34 ], the interior is less known, despite the fact that its interest does not stop growing year by year [ 25 ].…”

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“…It is at an average distance of 100 m above the river and originally built because the electricity supply company needed access between two waterfalls to facilitate the passage of maintenance workers and the transport of materials and their surveillance [ 37 ]. The work began in 1901 and concluded in 1905 [ 35 ], and the site is currently the most visited tourist resource in the interior of the province of Malaga, together with the city of Ronda [ 32 , 33 ]. Until recently, this was not the case, as the Caminito del Rey was in a deplorable state that made it practically impassable [ 37 ].…”

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Exploring the impacts of local development initiatives on tourism: A case study analysis

Gemar,

Soler,

Moniche

2023

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Importance-Performance Analysis of Tourism Destination Attractiveness

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Calisto²,

Machado

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Optimizing Digital Solutions for Hyper-Personalization in Tourism and Hospitality

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This chapter presents an importance-performance analysis to evaluate the ability of a destination's attributes to attract tourists through tourism stakeholder perceptions. In this case, one of Europe's larger destination cities, Lisbon, was considered. It departs from the proposition that tourists are not the most knowledgeable about a destination while the evaluation of a destination's competitiveness from the supply side perspective is scarce. This stakeholder feedback approach to identifying a destination's attributes to attract tourists showed that only 7 of the 40 attributes (five of them related to accessibility and technological infrastructures as municipality responsibility) fall in the IPA grid Concentrate Here quadrant, results that are consistent with the recently received Best City Destination and Best City Break World Travel Awards. This research shows the relevance of multiple stakeholders' feedback to evaluate a city's attributes, including the feedback about the city's need to improve its technological offer through an integrated digital strategy.

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Factors that affect the perception of a tourist resource’s value: the case of the Caminito del Rey

Abstract: Factors that affect perceptions of tourism resources' value: the case of the Caminito del Rey factores que influyen en la percepción de valor de un recurso turístico: el caso del Caminito del Rey

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References 63 publications

The potential of defensive architectural heritage as a resource for proposing cultural itineraries

The potential of defensive architectural heritage as a resource for proposing cultural itineraries

Exploring the impacts of local development initiatives on tourism: A case study analysis

Importance-Performance Analysis of Tourism Destination Attractiveness

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