Congestion is an important management problem at mass tourist sites. This essay focuses on the social carrying capacity (SCC) as indicator of residents’ and visitors’ perception of crowding, which can be measured by making reference to two alternative criteria of choice applied to the results of surveys by questionnaire: the utility maximisation criterion and the voting rule. In the well developed tourist site of Marina di Ravenna (Italy) on the North-Western Adriatic coast, the innovation of recreational beach services has been attracting numerous visitors and during the summer season crowded situations are very frequent. On this site the SCC was studied from the point of view of beach visitors and also residents, in order to understand the main difficulties that can be met in measuring the SCC, and to obtain data useful for policy-making. This brought us to establish a practical definition of SCC based on the majority voting rule. We also highlight that, when crowded situations are very frequent and these two aspects of the SCC are in conflict, coastal policy-making should result in a compromise between the need to preserve residents’ life style and to increase the economic benefits of the beach recreational use.

Sustainable tourism development and social carrying-capacity: a case-study on the North-Western adriatic Sea

MARZETTI, SILVA;
2004

Abstract

Congestion is an important management problem at mass tourist sites. This essay focuses on the social carrying capacity (SCC) as indicator of residents’ and visitors’ perception of crowding, which can be measured by making reference to two alternative criteria of choice applied to the results of surveys by questionnaire: the utility maximisation criterion and the voting rule. In the well developed tourist site of Marina di Ravenna (Italy) on the North-Western Adriatic coast, the innovation of recreational beach services has been attracting numerous visitors and during the summer season crowded situations are very frequent. On this site the SCC was studied from the point of view of beach visitors and also residents, in order to understand the main difficulties that can be met in measuring the SCC, and to obtain data useful for policy-making. This brought us to establish a practical definition of SCC based on the majority voting rule. We also highlight that, when crowded situations are very frequent and these two aspects of the SCC are in conflict, coastal policy-making should result in a compromise between the need to preserve residents’ life style and to increase the economic benefits of the beach recreational use.
2004
Sustainable Tourism
211
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Marzetti S.; Mosetti R.
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