The Concept of Carrying Capacity for Tourism Destinations: Dead or Merely Buried?

Butler, R. W.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-1603(199609)2:3/4<283::aid-pth73>3.0.co;2-n

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“…The third is ecological: the number of visitors, which produces no detectable, or at least no irreversible, ecological change to the ecosystems in the area concerned. [11,18]. Because of this and because of recreational succession, setting visitor numbers to maximize revenues will produce high crowding and ecological damage.…”

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Modelling of carrying capacity in National Park - Fruška Gora (Serbia) case study

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Negative effects of tourism development in a destination are usually the consequence of the high concentration of tourists, accommodation facilities and the activities that are practiced in a relatively restricted area. One of the most important measures to protect the areas is to calculate the maximum number of tourists that can simultaneously reside in a region, i.e. the determination of the carrying capacity. This paper outlines a method for determining carrying capacity based on zoning of environmental resources and zoning within a region. The paper argues for a return to the idea of identifying maximum appropriate number of users. The main hypothesis of the paper is based on the statement that the development of tourism in Fruška Gora (Mountain) National Park in Northern Serbia must be in accordance with the basic principles of sustainability, including the determination of carrying capacity. The main research goal was to show the opinion of local residents about the uncontrolled development of tourism, and to determine the carrying capacity in four sports and recreational zones of the mountain. The carrying capacity of the area is calculated by Lavery and Stanev formulas.

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“…Many have started to abandon the idea of a specific capacity for a tourism destination. Butler (1997) argues that there can rarely, if ever, be a single definitive figure that realistically represents the maximum number of visitors who should visit a site over a particular period of time. Furthermore, even if limits could be identified and accepted, there is rarely a clear and effective method of enforcing those limits.…”

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Sustainable Tourism Development: A Critique

Liu

2003

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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Sustainable tourism has become an increasingly popular field of researchsince the late 1980s. However, the sustainable tourism debate is patchy, disjointed and often flawed with false assumptions and arguments. This paper is a brief critique of some of the weaknesses in the sustainable tourism literature. In particular, it explores six issues that are often overlooked but must be addressed in research: the role of tourism demand, the nature of tourism resources, the imperative of intra-generational equity, the role of tourism in promoting sociocultural progress, the measurement of sustainability, and forms of sustainable development. Finally, it is argued that in order to transform research on sustainable tourism to a more scientific level, a systems perspective and an interdisciplinary approach are indispensable.

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“…Coastal areas have been always an important pole of development for mankind producing a high and, sometimes, an extreme urbanization beyond the limits of Bcarrying capacitiesô f the environmental system (Stankey 1984, Pearce and Kirk 1986, Romeril 1990, Canestrelli and Costa 1991, Moriani 1991, Butler 1996. These conditions have produced some losses in natural ecosystems with heavy consequences on environmental quality and on local economy (Girard 1993;Geoghegan 2002;Bengochea-Morancho 2003;Jim and Chen 2006;Ietto et al 2014).…”

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Integrated coastal zone management in Italy: a gap between science and policy

2017

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This paper introduces the need, in Italian countries, of a real integration of scientific knowledge into coastal policy. Actually, in Italy, still exists a gap between Science and Policy, interfering the implementation of an Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) process, while there is no coordination between local, regional and national authorities. This lack of an overall strategy has induced some regions to adopt regional plans for the sustainable development of their coastal areas, to compensate the shortcomings of a national planning. Besides, along Italian coasts, there is a heavy landscape urbanization producing conditions of environmental decay and highlighting the risk of erosions in littoral areas. In this critical context, it is necessary to adopt an effective Integrated Coastal Zone Management policy, to connect ecosystem and environmental approaches with the social and economic development of coastal areas. So, in Italian landscape, it is necessary to integrate the national cultural heritage into coastal management, joining scientific and cultural issues. In this framework, ICZM process could play an important role connecting scientists and policy makers towards an effective integration for the social and economic growth of local people.

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The Concept of Carrying Capacity for Tourism Destinations: Dead or Merely Buried?

Cited by 68 publications

References 12 publications

Modelling of carrying capacity in National Park - Fruška Gora (Serbia) case study

Modelling of carrying capacity in National Park - Fruška Gora (Serbia) case study

Sustainable Tourism Development: A Critique

Integrated coastal zone management in Italy: a gap between science and policy

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