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. 2024 Aug 16;14(1):19021.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-70171-6.

Sustainable tourism in the Tremiti Islands (South Italy)

Francesca Ranieri  1 , Gianfranco D'Onghia  2   3 , Antonio Felice Uricchio  4   5 , Ranieri Ada Cristina  6   7 , Luigi Lopopolo  2 , Ezio Ranieri  2
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Sustainable tourism in the Tremiti Islands (South Italy)

Francesca Ranieri et al. Sci Rep. .

Abstract

An analysis of the pressure factors that influence the sustainable tourism in the Tremiti Islands (TI) has been performed. Tourist's fluxes have been investigated in terms of monthly arrival and presences showing a high value of the territorial exploitation index with high number of arrivals, particularly in August, and low occupancy rate. Effects of climatic change has been analyzed in TI with reference to the increase of average air and sea temperature in the islands. Some measures of contrast to climate change and to favour sustainable tourism have been discussed also. The CO2 emissions by ferries transport, solid waste and wastewater treatment have been calculated. Environmental taxation for sustainable tourism aimed tat CO2 content reduction is also assessed identifying the value in 1.47 €/capita on the basis of the tourist arrivals and presences considering the environmental cost for CO2 removal and showing that tourism taxation should be well accepted if funds are destined to environmental purposes.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Figure 1
Total tourist presences and arrivals at TI during the year.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Tremiti Islands—Average and max. extreme air temperature in the last 40 years.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Tremiti Islands—Average Sea temperature in the last 40 years.
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