Sutainable Tourism in Italy: a requirement

Index

- Introduction: data and framework- Sustainable indicators- Projects

IntroductionTurism in Italy:- 43,2 milion of tourist in 2009- 33.000 hotel- 2.411 camping and touristic village- 11.700 agritourism- 10.000 bed and breakfast- 130.000 private rooms- 4.350.000 beds

It’s Mass Tourism

Overbuilding abuse in coastal

National protected areas: 24

Regional protected areas: 140

Marine protected areas: 26

Index

- Introduction: data and framwork- Sustainable indicators- Projects

Sustainable Indicators

• systemic factors (Environment, tourists, residents)

• input-output and externalities of tourism and environment

Load capacity- Natural or Ecological carrying capacity- Economic carrying capacity- Social carrying capacity

Ecological Foot print• consumption of land (= desertification)• space available Vs residual space per capita in tourist areas• water resource per capita and its origin

Input environment:• demand for food• energy demand• water demand

Output environment:• weight of tourism on the disposal of waste materials• weight of tourism on wastewater treatment• weight on infrastructure• weight of tourism on the quality of bathing water and on air quality• assessment of the weight of the Agritourism

Sustainable indicators• no. turist-citizen/purification plant • no. turist-citizen/disposal solid waste • no. turist-citizen/water consumption• no. turist-citizen/quality bathing water• urban sprawl along the coast• no. of turist-car/quality air concentration bathing places and cities of art• series of road accidents for Tourism (tips of the exodus Easter, New Year

and August) and impact on health spending• no. of tourists in protected areas• river and lake water quality

Positive values express sustainable conditions