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From Theoritical Considerations to Practical Application - The Assessment of Carrying Capacity for Dhermi Coastal Area, Albania

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Title From Theoritical Considerations to Practical Application - The Assessment of Carrying Capacity for Dhermi Coastal Area, Albania
 
Creator PASKO, Genci -
 
Subject Marketing and Tourism
Carrying Capacity Assessment; Coastal Areas; Sustainable Tourism Development; Dhërmi Beach; Physical; Real and Effective Carrying Capacity.
Sustainable tourism development
 
Description Considered as one of the greatest country’s assets coastal areas in Albania have attracted the major share of local and foreign investments.  Their scenic beauty, favourable climate, rich cultural and historical heritage have largely generated the  developers’ interest during the last two decades. Unfortunately, due to the lack of the proper legislation, limited institutional capacity the major part of such investments have created massive urbanisation and strong development pressures, destructive to coastal resources.  Therefore the proper planning and implementation of a sound tourism policy together employing  beach carrying capacity assessment take a paramount importance for sustainable development of the coastal areas. This research paper aims to define the carrying capacity thresholds for Dhërmi beach as a prerequisite for tourism planning and development. The methodology used to estimate CCA is based on physical conditions of the study area and its management and support infrastructure. The preliminary assessment of beach CCA for Dhërmi is estimated at 6,648 beach users/day and indicates that it is still in higher level as compared to current tourist activity of the last year. Nevertheless, taking into account the large number of tourists frequenting it, as well as current undergoing investments, TCC assessment should be used as a guide to prevent this coastal area from degradation and manage sound tourism investments in the future.
 
Publisher Scitech Research Organisation
 
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Date 2018-06-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
Survey, Geo-spacial Considerations using GIS
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.scitecresearch.com/journals/index.php/jrbem/article/view/1551
 
Source Journal of Research in Business, Economics and Management; Vol 10, No 6: JRBEM; 2096-2102
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.scitecresearch.com/journals/index.php/jrbem/article/view/1551/1106
 
Coverage Dhermi coastal area, Albania
1993-2018
Stratified random sampling
 
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