Les conditions de la mise en tourisme de la haute montagne et ses effets sur le territoire. L'apport d'une comparaison entre le Haut-Atlas et le Népal mise en perspective à l'aide du précédent alpin (exemple du massif du Mont-Blanc)

Boujrouf, Saïd; Bruston, Mireille; Duhamel, Philippe; Knafou, Rémy; Sacareau, Isabelle

doi:10.3406/rga.1998.2865

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“…The transversal character of tourism activities calls for reliable connections between tourism related strategies and policies from other fields, such as transportation, competitiveness, employment, or environment. This relationship owns its origins to the fact that in many contexts, tourism is perceived and approached as an economic solution when other resources are missing or when main economic activities tend to decline in importance (Boujrouf et al, 1998;Ibănescu, 2015). The spatial dimension is of central importance in tourismrelated policies since the nature and potentialities of a territory influence the evolution of tourism activities within and represent essential factors in establishing development priorities (Iatu & Bulai, 2011;Saarinen et al, 2017).…”

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Territorial dynamics of tourism in Romania: a long-term perspective (1990 – 2016)

Cehan¹,

Iaţu²,

Eva³

et al. 2019

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The potential role of tourism in enhancing a balanced territorial development is officially acknowledged by the EU. However, little is known regarding the extent to which tourism in Romania contributes or could contribute to reducing regional inequalities. The present study approaches the matter of the growth of tourism demand and supply in relation to the type of territory (lagging, intermediary, leading), at both regional and local levels. The results indicate a significant geographical concentration of tourism activity, despite a noticeable diffusion of tourism across the country in the last decades. This derives from the fact that the leading territories, which already took the lion's share of the tourism supply and demand also retain the highest part of the increases in tourism demand. As a consequence, tourism sector stands out more as a factor that can increase territorial disparities than contribute to their reduction. However, a considerable potential for tourism growth in terms of tourism supply characterizes the lagging regions. Accordingly, differentiated tourism public policies related to the type of territory could be considered.

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Territorial dynamics of tourism in Romania: a long-term perspective (1990 – 2016)

Cehan¹,

Iaţu²,

Eva³

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“…4 Travel and tourism are, however, dependent on safety, with early travellers being provided with armed escorts or guides to ensure safe passage ( 41 , 45 , 46 ). According to Boujrouf et al ( 47 , p. 69), tourists only arrived in the massif after its pacification. The High Atlas has long been a mountain fortress, serving as sanctuary and refuge to those who lived there ( 48 , p. 141) and resisting the incursions of both alpinists and occupying forces.…”

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The history and welfare of working mules in the valleys of the Toubkal massif, in the High Atlas of Morocco

Cousquer,

Alyakine,

Lindsay-McGee

2023

Front. Vet. Sci.

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The appearance of the mule in the remote villages of the Toubkal National Park in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco can be traced back to the early years of the twentieth century. The mule population’s subsequent growth in numbers accompanied the shift away from a subsistence economy that was made possible by the appearance and growth of the mining and mountain tourism industries. This paper reviews this early history, drawing on the accounts provided by early explorers and anthropologists, before developing a mixed methods approach to evaluating the welfare of pack mules in two villages within the National Park. The first village is part of the main access route to the Toubkal, the principle summit of the National Park and therefore much visited. The second is a much more remote, under visited and less developed village. Ethnographic work, studying muleteering practice and undertaken over several years is reported here and supplemented by findings from a detailed survey of the mules of both villages. This allows the work undertaken and the lived realities of the working mule across several generations of inhabitants to be presented together with data about the primary welfare concerns identified on clinical examination. In village one, 72 mule owners and their mules were surveyed and examined. Many of these mules worked in tourism, providing a source of revenue for their families. This work was often undertaken by teenagers/young adults working their father’s mules. Tethering was widely practised and evidence of tethering injuries were identified in most mules. In the more remote village, 18 owners and their equids were surveyed and examined. In this population, mules were more likely to be worked locally in agriculture, building and to collect firewood. Bitting injuries associated with the use of the traditional bit were a significant concern in both villages. The universal use of a closed shoe was also in evidence in both villages; this was associated with atrophy of the frog and hoof imbalances. The reasoning for the use of the traditional bit and closed shoe are presented and alternatives discussed.

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“…During the last decades tourism activities have emerged as an economic restorative solution for territories in difficulty. Economic diversification (Roberts & Hall, 2001 ; Sharpley & Telfer, 2015 ), job creation (Jussila & Järviluoma, 1998 ; Papatheodorou & Pappas, 2016 ), increase of revenues (Campbell, 1999 ), or revitalization of localities with weakening agricultural activities (Boujrouf et al, 1998 ; Ibanescu, 2015 ) are just a few from the long list of expected impacts following tourism introduction in rural destinations. It is reasonable to consider that for rural areas tourism managed to induce growth opportunities unlike any other activity before.…”

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Tourism-Induced Resilience of Rural Destinations in Relation to Spatial Accessibility

Ibănescu

Eva

Gheorghiu

et al. 2022

Appl. Spatial Analysis

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Tourism plays a vital role in many rural areas and has been proven a highly resilient sector following an unforeseen shock. Recent evidence points out its capacity to transfer resilient proprieties to the economic landscape of destinations. Yet, little is known about the way structural features of a destination impacts the tourism-induced resilience. Our study builds a mediation model for tourism-based economic resilience of rural destinations in relation to the accessibility towards urban areas. The results suggest that the accessibility towards the larger cities does not have a measurable effect upon the tourism-induced resilience. However, when the accessibility index took into consideration the medium cities and towns, a clear, distinguishable, effect was observed but only for time-distances up to 76 min. Therefore, we were able to map all rural areas that could benefit in a recovery period from their proximity from a city. The study increases our understanding of cone-like relationship model in tourism studies and completed previous approaches which established a relation between tourism growth and economic growth. Moreover, it confirms the role that accessibility plays during the recovery period and the contributions of tourism activities to strengthening the urban–rural synergies. Several policy recommendations regarding an integrated and efficient destination management are addressed at the end of the paper.

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Les conditions de la mise en tourisme de la haute montagne et ses effets sur le territoire. L'apport d'une comparaison entre le Haut-Atlas et le Népal mise en perspective à l'aide du précédent alpin (exemple du massif du Mont-Blanc)

Cited by 13 publications

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Territorial dynamics of tourism in Romania: a long-term perspective (1990 – 2016)

Territorial dynamics of tourism in Romania: a long-term perspective (1990 – 2016)

The history and welfare of working mules in the valleys of the Toubkal massif, in the High Atlas of Morocco

Tourism-Induced Resilience of Rural Destinations in Relation to Spatial Accessibility

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