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: Received: 7 March 2024 / Approved: 13 March 2024 / Online: 14 March 2024 (09:53:51 CET)
How to cite:
Agius, K.; Briguglio, M. Tourism and Urban Development: The Case of a Coastal Village in a Small Island State. Preprints2024, 2024030803. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0803.v1
Agius, K.; Briguglio, M. Tourism and Urban Development: The Case of a Coastal Village in a Small Island State. Preprints 2024, 2024030803. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0803.v1
Agius, K.; Briguglio, M. Tourism and Urban Development: The Case of a Coastal Village in a Small Island State. Preprints2024, 2024030803. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0803.v1
APA Style
Agius, K., & Briguglio, M. (2024). Tourism and Urban Development: The Case of a Coastal Village in a Small Island State. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0803.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Agius, K. and Michael Briguglio. 2024 "Tourism and Urban Development: The Case of a Coastal Village in a Small Island State" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0803.v1
Abstract
This paper discusses how Marsascala, a coastal town in Malta, has been urbanized over the years, with particular attention to the development of the tourist industry. In this regard, Bruce Young’s (1983) “general model of the process of ‘touristization’ and landscape change” is engaged with in conjunction with other conceptualisations of tourism and urban development. This paper contributes to the following sustainable development goals respectively, 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing); 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth); 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities); 14 (Life Below Water); and 15 (Life on Land), in particular with respect to quality of life, urbanization and respective social, environmental, and economic impacts, and through respective recommendations for a sustainable tourism in Marsascala and similar localities.
Keywords
Maltese Archipelago; Sustainable Tourism; Blue Economy; Touristification; Real Estate; Maritime Sociology; Sustainable Development Goals; Coastal Tourism
Subject
Social Sciences, Tourism, Leisure, Sport and Hospitality
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
