Bahamonde-Rodríguez, M.; Šadeikaitė, G.; García-Delgado, F.J. The Effects of Tourism on Local Development in Protected Nature Areas: The Case of Three Nature Parks of the Sierra Morena (Andalusia, Spain). Land2023, 12, 898.
Bahamonde-Rodríguez, M.; Šadeikaitė, G.; García-Delgado, F.J. The Effects of Tourism on Local Development in Protected Nature Areas: The Case of Three Nature Parks of the Sierra Morena (Andalusia, Spain). Land 2023, 12, 898.
Bahamonde-Rodríguez, M.; Šadeikaitė, G.; García-Delgado, F.J. The Effects of Tourism on Local Development in Protected Nature Areas: The Case of Three Nature Parks of the Sierra Morena (Andalusia, Spain). Land2023, 12, 898.
Bahamonde-Rodríguez, M.; Šadeikaitė, G.; García-Delgado, F.J. The Effects of Tourism on Local Development in Protected Nature Areas: The Case of Three Nature Parks of the Sierra Morena (Andalusia, Spain). Land 2023, 12, 898.
Abstract
In rural spaces, new activities are developed to add to the traditional ones in the context of multifunctionality, considering the protection and enhancement of natural and cultural heritage, as in Nature Parks. They incorporate new recreational and tourist functions, understood as an instrument for local development. This research aims to study the relationships between tourism and local development in three Natural Parks (Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche, Sierra Norte de Sevilla and Sierra de Hornachuelos) in Andalusia (Spain). The research uses a mixed methodology consisting of, on the one hand, selective interviews with stakeholders focused on tourism and local development processes and, on the other, secondary data to analyze the repercussions on local development. The results show that (1) prevalence among the informants of the economic dimension in local development above the environmental and socio-cultural dimensions; (2) influence of declarations of protection and implementation of development policies on the growth of the tourist offer; (3) uneven tourism development in the different municipalities and Natural Parks; and (4) limited effects of tourism on local development.
Keywords
local development; Nature Parks; Sierra Morena; stakeholders; tourism
Subject
Social Sciences, Government
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