RT Journal Article
T1 Balance between Hosts and Guests: The Key to Sustainable Tourism in a Heritage City
A1 Rama, Manuel
A1 Carral Vilariño, Emilio
A1 González García, Sara
A1 Torres Feijó, Elias J.
A1 Río Araújo, María Luisa del
A1 Moreira Vilar, María Teresa
A1 Feijoo Costa, Gumersindo
K1 Sustainable city
K1 Integrated tourism
K1 Historical heritage
K1 Overtourism
AB A sustainable city implies socio-economic characteristics that allow citizens to maintain a certain quality of life. However, the effect of overtourism in some tourist cities negatively affects the community. In this study, a methodology was developed to analyze how tourism affects the way of life of residents in Santiago de Compostela. This work aims to define a set of environmental and socio-economic indicators to assess the impact of tourism activity. To this end, surveys were carried out among the three groups involved in the tourism sector: Citizens, traders, and visitors. Thereby, data were collected from the responses to the surveys conducted. Finally, this set of indicators was aggregated to a sustainability score on a scale of 1 to 10. The results show a sustainability score of 6.84, and the main weak points were the mobility between the residence of citizens and peripheral areas and the change in the offerings by the commerce promoted by tourism. Consequently, this methodology is useful for policy makers when making decisions and proposing actions to foster sustainable tourism.
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050
YR 2022
FD 2022-10-14
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32718
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32718
LA eng
NO Rama, M.; Carral, E.; González-García, S.; Torres-Feijó, E.; del Rio, M.L.; Moreira, M.T.; Feijoo, G. (2022). Balance between Hosts and Guests: The Key to Sustainable Tourism in a Heritage City. Sustainability, 14, 13253. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142013253
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026