Turismo lungo le aree costiere euro- mediterranee: dalla scoperta, al consumo, al progetto del paesaggio

Abstract

The critical implications for the landscape which have been caused by seaside tourism are today evident along the Euro-Mediterranean coastal areas. This typology of demand for tourism, consolidating since the second half of the twentieth century, deeply alterated the coasts of Spain, France and Italy. The value and vulnerability of Euro-Mediterranean coastal landscapes as well as the expected growth of the number of tourists along these areas, highlight the need to develop policies able to manage such phenomenon, also by way of an enhancement of alternative tourism typologies. This is the main objective of the policies developed in the context of three Protected Landscapes situated along the Euro-Mediterranean coast, explicitly aimed at identifying specific forms of integration between tourism development and landscape conservation.