- Tenth International Symposium Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
- Edited by Laura Bonora, Marcantonio Catelani, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
The European Charter for Sustainable Tourism (ECST) as a model of best practices and participatory governance. The case study of the Asinara National Park
- Mario Gesuino Masia
- Vittorio Gazale
- Sonia Malvica
- Nicoletta Pinna
- Donatella Carboni
- © 2024 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.39
The European Charter for Sustainable Tourism (ECST) represents a voluntary management tool for protected areas that promotes the implementation of sustainable tourism for both the environment and local communities, as well as for all the stakeholders (e.g., firms, tourists); its principles emerge as an essential guide for designing policies respecting the environment and actively involving the local community. The present work focuses on the Asinara National Park (Porto Torres, Sardinia-Italy) as a case study of the ongoing application of the ECST (i.e., renewal phase of Phase I and initiation of Phase II). The aims were: (1) to identify the strengths and weaknesses related to confirming Phase I; (2) to isolate the motivations leading a firm to obtain the ECST certificate. Through a methodology involving official documentation analysis and the Park’s entrepreneurial landscape, results suggested a systemic vision of stakeholder engagement in creating a model for best practices to qualify the socio-economic network. Promoting participatory and inclusive governance could ensure a balance between sustainable tourism and environmental conservation on the Asinara island.
- Keywords:
- Protected Areas,
- Governance,
- ECST,
- Stakeholder,
- Asinara,
University of Sassari, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0001-0797-4946
Asinara National Park, Italy
University of Sassari, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-0350-7459
University of Sassari, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0009-1920-1674
University of Sassari, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-1050-3344
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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
The European Charter for Sustainable Tourism (ECST) as a model of best practices and participatory governance. The case study of the Asinara National Park
Authors
Mario Gesuino Masia, Vittorio Gazale, Sonia Malvica, Nicoletta Pinna, Donatella Carboni
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.39
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Publication Year
2024
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Book Title
Tenth International Symposium Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
Book Subtitle
Livorno (Italy) 11th-13th June 2024
Editors
Laura Bonora, Marcantonio Catelani, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
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10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6
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Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
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2975-0288