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Luna 2020-OTWO 09-Cadiz, Much More Than Beaches PDF
Luna 2020-OTWO 09-Cadiz, Much More Than Beaches PDF
The province of Cádiz is a strong tourist destination maintaining environmental indicators unfeasible wi-
with a growing demand - more than 5 million tourists thin the limits of sustainability.
visited in 2019 - linked mainly to coastal tourism. Likewise, the pressure of tourism on some coastal
Due to this demand, the amount of accommodation areas of the province are beginning to highlight the
on offer in the area has grown as well as other tou- social impact of this high demand, such as increa-
rist services, with their quality also increasing. So sed difficulty to access housing, a strain on public
much so, that, as reflected in the Andalusian Tourist services, a reduction in environmental standards in
Situation Survey, Cadiz’s variety of beaches are the urban areas such as noise and inconvenience to nei-
feature best valued by visitors to the region’s coas- ghbours, overcrowding of public spaces due to tou-
tal areas. rists, or the disappearance of traditional economic
However, this high demand for sun and beach activities.
tourism is also placing a high amount of pressure On the other hand, just like other destinations do-
on the territory, with tourist resources and infras- minated by coastal tourism, the province of Cádiz is
tructure showing increasingly clear signs of satu- highly seasonal, with demand mainly concentrated
ration. The environmental impact of this mounting during the summer. If during the month of August
pressure is measured by indicators such as land overnight stays exceed 1.2 million, in January they
use, disappearance of coastal habitats, water de- do not reach 180,000 - 7 times less than the summer
mand, wastewater purification capacity and waste months. As a result, a large part of accommodation
management, energy consumption, motorised mo- infrastructure (primarily housing) remains empty or
bility... Even with the resident population historica- underused for a large part of the year. This happens to
lly showing serious shortcomings in coastal areas occur in just one area, on the coast, which due to its
when it comes to the above environmental issues, fragility, makes maximizing efficiency and minimizing
the increasingly growing number of visitors makes the impact of those inhabiting the area a top priority.