Sustainable Development and Tourism in Small Islands: Some Lessons from Greece

Coccossis, Harry

doi:10.1080/13032917.2001.9686999

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“…Strategies for tourism need to be based on local particularities and natural and socioeconomic characteristics, taking into account the intensity and the type of tourism development (Mantoglou et al, 1998: 93). These strategies have to reflect the dynamics of tourism development, setting specific objectives for the development of tourism in each island in the context of its general goals of sustainable development (Coccossis, 2001). A new development model is needed that will integrate the islands' particularities in the wider regional planning process and that will facilitate the implementation of tourism strategy and policy based on special interest tourism (Lagos, 1998: 593).…”

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“…Domestic tourists also form an important part of the market, and they largely travel individually. Finally, there are also many visitors who own secondary residences in the islands, particularly in the islands close to big urban centres (Egina, Kea, Andros, Spetses, Kythnos, Serifos, Syros) which are gradually becoming integrated into the metropolitan system and zone of influence as areas for recreation and secondary housing (Coccossis, 2001).…”

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13. Sustainable Tourism: Utopia or Necessity? The Role of New Forms of Tourism in the Aegean Islands

Spilanis¹,

Vayanni²

2004

Coastal Mass Tourism

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Tourism is a major activity in the Greek islands. Its development during recent decades has stopped the economic and demographic decline of the area. The paper develops a framework for the appraisal of tourism's sustainability in the Greek islands, and it is concluded that the conventional tourist model, based on sun, sea and sand (3S) has failed to promote sustainability due to the limited economic benefits for host communities and growing environmental pressures. The latest trend in Greece and elsewhere is a shift from mass tourism to more environmentally friendly and sustainable forms of tourism. Policies to change tourism patterns in the Greek islands will need to take into consideration their unique characteristics, their existing realities, and to be based on the exploitation of the local natural and cultural resources in order to develop new forms of tourism. The purpose of this paper is to identify types of new forms of tourism that are being developed in the Aegean Islands, and to evaluate their impact. Various practical examples are presented, together with the difficulties involved in their implementation. The initiatives are in fact so recent that it is difficult to assess their tangible results.

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13. Sustainable Tourism: Utopia or Necessity? The Role of New Forms of Tourism in the Aegean Islands

Spilanis¹,

Vayanni²

2004

Coastal Mass Tourism

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“…Islands are ideal models for pursuing sustainable development strategies due to the strong interdependence between economy, society and environment. Sustainable development for islands relates to a strategy of integrating islands into regional and global markets, while maintaining local identities and a balance between economic efficiency, social equity and environmental conservation (Coccossis, 2001). Each island should have a strategy for sustainable development within which tourism can be one of the activities.…”

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Cultural Landscapes and Land Use

Dieterich¹,

Straaten²

2004

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“…Islands deserve in many respects a special treatment in view of a sensitive balance between environment, economy and society. The dynamics of development/environment opportunities and constraints in the case of small islands are best exemplified in the case of tourism (Coccossis 2001;Maroudas and Kyriakaki 2001). An island which has less than 10.000sq.km.…”

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Environmental Sensibility: The Comparative Research Between the Local Community and Managers of the Hospitality Industry in Gokceada (Imbros)

Yurtseven¹,

Dönmez²

2004

Anatolia

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The key purpose of this research, using Gokceada (Imbros) as a small island example, is to test the hypothesis: there are significant differences between levels of environmental sensibility: the New Environmental Paradigm (NEP), situational structures favouring the development of environmental problems, changing environmental sensibility of the local community and managers of the hospitality industry. The results clearly demonstrate the importance of the community approach t o sustainable tourism development and managers of the hospitality industry cannot work without the local community directly or indirectly involved in tourism management. Gokceada as a case of small islands has a positive potential of environmental sensibility for sustainable tourism development.

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Sustainable Development and Tourism in Small Islands: Some Lessons from Greece

Cited by 18 publications

References 2 publications

13. Sustainable Tourism: Utopia or Necessity? The Role of New Forms of Tourism in the Aegean Islands

13. Sustainable Tourism: Utopia or Necessity? The Role of New Forms of Tourism in the Aegean Islands

Cultural Landscapes and Land Use

Environmental Sensibility: The Comparative Research Between the Local Community and Managers of the Hospitality Industry in Gokceada (Imbros)

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