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Sustainable Tourism Management along the Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage Routes
Recently more and more attention has been paid to the concept of sustainable development in different industries. The tourism industry, not as any other sector of economy, is made up of different organizations intervened in tourism. The product that tourism offers is a composition of experiences that tourists get while being on holidays. This experience involves the use not only of manmade resources, but also natural heritage and participation of local community. Therefore, sustainable tourism development plays a special role in tourism management. The growth in popularity of cultural tourism and travellers’ demand for new undiscovered destinations put in danger of massification some important destinations. The Camino de Santiago pilgrimage routes are not an exception. Constant promotion of Jubilee years attracts a huge amount of pilgrims and tourists from all over the world. Despite of numerous programmes implemented by EU and Spanish autonomous communities related to sustainable development, current economic crisis and internal communication are obstacles to a proper tourism management on the ancient routes that belong to UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. A mix-method approach was applied to explore challenges that management of the Camino de Santiago faces when implementing sustainable tourism strategies. During the study main stakeholders and their role to Camino de Santiago in Galicia region were identified. As a consequence of semi-structured interviews’ and publications analysis the researcher discovers current issues related to environmental, economic, and socio-cultural aspects of sustainability and proposes which may be the main actors in management planning and how the planning should be done in practice. Perhaps there should be more community involvement?
Sustainable Tourism Management along the Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage Routes
Recently more and more attention has been paid to the concept of sustainable development in different industries. The tourism industry, not as any other sector of economy, is made up of different organizations intervened in tourism. The product that tourism offers is a composition of experiences that tourists get while being on holidays. This experience involves the use not only of manmade resources, but also natural heritage and participation of local community. Therefore, sustainable tourism development plays a special role in tourism management. The growth in popularity of cultural tourism and travellers’ demand for new undiscovered destinations put in danger of massification some important destinations. The Camino de Santiago pilgrimage routes are not an exception. Constant promotion of Jubilee years attracts a huge amount of pilgrims and tourists from all over the world. Despite of numerous programmes implemented by EU and Spanish autonomous communities related to sustainable development, current economic crisis and internal communication are obstacles to a proper tourism management on the ancient routes that belong to UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. A mix-method approach was applied to explore challenges that management of the Camino de Santiago faces when implementing sustainable tourism strategies. During the study main stakeholders and their role to Camino de Santiago in Galicia region were identified. As a consequence of semi-structured interviews’ and publications analysis the researcher discovers current issues related to environmental, economic, and socio-cultural aspects of sustainability and proposes which may be the main actors in management planning and how the planning should be done in practice. Perhaps there should be more community involvement?
Sustainable Tourism Management along the Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage Routes
Kunaeva, Marina (Autor:in) / HAAGA-HELIA ammattikorkeakoulu
01.01.2012
10024/456
Hochschulschrift
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
fi=Matkailu|sv=Turism|en=Tourism| , Degree Programme in Tourism (Ylempi AMK) , Management , pyhiinvaellukset , ekomatkailu , Camino de Santiago , Tourism , Heritage tourism , matkailu , pyhiinvaeltajat , kulttuurimatkailu , Sustainable tourism , kestävä matkailu , Planning , Pilgrims and pilgrimages
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