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Este capítulo aborda el sobreturismo como un medio para analizar los impactos y límites del desarrollo turístico capitalista tardío en las áreas naturales protegidas de las Islas Galápagos y sus alrededores. El análisis de contenido cualitativo apunta hacia tres temas emergentes: (i) rápida diversificación de la economía turística terrestre de las Galápagos; (ii) ambivalencia política hacia la gobernanza del crecimiento del turismo y la lógica de la conservación; y (iii) cambios radicales en los patrones de representación en línea de las Galápagos como destino turístico que ocurren a través de la marca y la publicidad. Finalmente, se abre una discusión sobre los resultados previsibles de las narrativas de saturación turística implantadas mucho más allá de las localidades metropolitanas y los puntos calientes del turismo urbano europeo.

La comprensión de las diferentes condiciones que configuran el uso recreativo de las playas de arena es clave para su gestión. Este artículo explora el uso recreativo de visitantes y residentes de cuatro playas de arena en Ecuador en relación con el contexto físico y socioeconómico en el que se lleva a cabo este uso, incluida la morfodinámica de la playa, el nivel de desarrollo urbano, así como el tipo y la calidad de los servicios turísticos disponibles. Los resultados muestran que los visitantes y residentes utilizan la playa para las mismas actividades recreativas (es decir, caminar y nadar) en playas con diferentes morfologías y condiciones socioeconómicas. Sin embargo, los encuestados también indicaron que las características físicas (por ejemplo, el tamaño de la playa y el oleaje) son aspectos importantes para elegir una playa. Los visitantes de las playas rurales tienen más probabilidades de consumir servicios de catering informales ubicados dentro del área de la playa que los formales ubicados fuera. Este tema emergente en particular debe tomarse en consideración para futuras investigaciones sobre iniciativas de gestión en el contexto de los países en desarrollo.

This report surveyed 30 tourism operators globally using the IUCN NbS Global Standard to assess how NbS are enabling destinations to take proactive climate action. The paper outlined 5 Principles for Effective Nature-based Solutions in the Tourism Sector with practical guidelines, action steps, and case studies highlighting action taken by industry leaders. With over 17 affiliate partners joining to amplify the important message behind the white paper, the research has been well-received by an industry that to date has little practical guidance for increasing investment in NbS at scale. Blue tourism operators in coastal destinations and the NbS they are using were heavily featured in this report.

During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a systemic change to the travel sector. Between April 2020 and February 2022, a diversity of studies, articles and think-pieces were published on this topic. In this resource, over 1500 sources are provided which are organized in 4 sections: Ideas to help resilience and recovery; Market research and intelligence; Impacts on tourism and destination; and Virtual tours and ideas to keep us inspired.

This report presents the results and recommendations of a cruise ship tourism study in Central America with emphasis on Honduras and Costa Rica. The report includes a variety of tools to help destinations address over tourism through strategic planning, good management, and impact monitoring.

This report presents data on the economic, social and environmental impacts of cruise tourism in Belize, assessing the rapid expansion between 2000 and 2005 and comparing these findings with the stayover tourism sector.

DestiMED brings together 13 protected areas to collectively develop, manage and promote ecotourism in the Mediterranean Basin.

The Geoheritage Tool-kit is a method, or series of steps, that has been developed to enable a geoheritage practitioner to systematically identify and categorise areas, geosites, or geological features of geoheritage significance at all scales (from mountain to microscale), to allocate them to a conceptual category of geoheritage and scale of reference, and to assess their level of significance for science and education.

The Geoheritage Tool-kit can also be applied to existing geoheritage lists. In this case, site-based lists can be revised to include the various categories of geoheritage and updated to more accurately describe their levels of geoheritage significance.

The GSTC Destination criteria presents a comprehensive list of certification standards, indicators, criteria, and best practices for tourism stakeholder to use as basic guidelines for sustainable destination development and management. The GSTC criteria is organized into four main categories: management, socioeconomic, culture, and the environment.

The GSTC criteria for hotels and tour operators provides business owners with standards and indicators to effectively conduct sustainable planning while maximizing social and economic benefits for the local community, enhancing cultural heritage, and reducing negative impacts to the environment, as a basis for certification for sustainability.