The role of natural parks in tourism diversification processes: an application to the Alicante coastline

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  • Margarita Capdepón Frías Universidad de Alicante
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/turismo.35.221501
Keywords: natural park, diversification, tourist and recreational use, Alicante Province coastline

Abstract

After a long evolution in their lifecycle, the tourism destinations located along the Alicante coastline have reached a consolidation or maturity stage, apart from being characterised by an occupancy model with a clear residential orientation which not only generates serious environmental and socio-economic impacts but also causes effects on the actual tourism sector dynamics. Hence the urgent need to undertake strategies aimed at renewing and diversifying the supply, which requires a rational exploitation as well as the revaluation of some clearly underused resources as a way to create new products. In this sense, the assets present in the natural milieu, and more precisely natural parks, offer interesting chances to achieve this goal.

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Published
01-01-2015
How to Cite
Capdepón Frías, M. (2015). The role of natural parks in tourism diversification processes: an application to the Alicante coastline. Cuadernos de Turismo, (35), 43–69. https://doi.org/10.6018/turismo.35.221501
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