Research Study on Ecological Areas (Preface)

Papers submitted by researchers and students of the "SUTTI" project, ISBN: 978-960-89573-0-5

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Soultana Kapiki

International Hellenic University (ex ATEI of Thessaloniki), Management of Organizations, Marketing & Tourism

Date Written: September 1, 2006

Abstract

The “Research Study on Ecological Areas” book was developed and written within the framework of the project Sustainable Tourism Training and Internship Enhancing Collaboration between Europe and Latin America “Sutti”. Its production and publication was financed by the European Commission, EuropeAid – Cooperation Office, Latin America Directorate, ALFA Programme. The book is divided into four parts. Part I: Administration of tourist visit ability in protected areas – The case of Evros Delta, includes some basic principles concerning the meanings of mild tourism development, parameters – indicators and quantitative or qualitative determinations of mildly intervention, viability conditions for tourist development, receptivity and area capacity, parameters of implementation of mildly tourist intervention, parameters of viability evaluation and environmental dimension of mildly tourism development. Part II is the final report on the project “administration of tourist visit ability in protected areas – The case of Evros Delta” and it was carried out by the associate professor Fotis Kilipiris in collaboration with the students. Part II includes a comparison of the findings between the Greek and the Chilean, as well as the Costa Rican and the Mexican case studies. It also includes ecotourism development suggestions and some proposals on how to improve today’s situation in the area of Evros Delta. Part III consists of 3 projects written by the Latin American students on “The importance of new ecotourism activities in the regional development”. The included chapters focus on the meanings of tourism and regional development, the importance of tourism for the local economy, new forms of tourism, promotion strategy of new forms of tourism and evaluation of consequences at the local level. Finally, an attempt was made to identify the importance of ecotourism in the development of the traditional villages Nympfaio and Zagorochoria as well as of the Prespes lakes (Ramsar site). Part IV was conducted by the lecturer Nikoletta Tatari in cooperation with the Latin American grant-holders and it is a scientific and thorough synopsis of the above mentioned meanings of ecotourism and regional development, as well as of the collected material by the students during their field trip to North-western and Central-western Greece. Assumptions for the future development and conservation of the Prespa area, strategic planning for the future development and conservation of Nymphaion and the prerequisites for the sustainable development of the Zagori area are also included in this part. Finally, principles and guidelines for ecotourism in general, identified by the World Tourism Organisation are mentioned.

Suggested Citation

Kapiki, Soultana, Research Study on Ecological Areas (Preface) (September 1, 2006). Papers submitted by researchers and students of the "SUTTI" project, ISBN: 978-960-89573-0-5, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2699657

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