How does tourism affect protected areas?: A multi-criteria decision making application in UNESCO natural heritage sites

The tourism is an industry that makes extensive use of natural heritage sites. It has long been debated whether tourism is a threat to natural heritage sites. This research has been written to contribute to these discussions. In the study, the author(s) aims to determine the effects and threat level...

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Published inNatural hazards (Dordrecht) Vol. 117; no. 2; pp. 1923 - 1944
Main Authors Selcuk, Onur, Karakas, Hatice, Cizel, Beykan, Ipekci Cetin, Emre
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.06.2023
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Amendments
Civil Engineering
Conservation areas
Cultural heritage
Decision making
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Environmental Management
Forest conservation
Forest management
Geophysics/Geodesy
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Historic sites
Hydrogeology
International organizations
Lakes
Multiple criteria decision making
Multiple criterion
National parks
Natural Hazards
Nature conservation
Nature reserves
Original Paper
Protected areas
Sanctuaries
Tourism
Protected areas
Natural heritage sites
MCDM
Tourism affects
UNESCO convention
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Summary:The tourism is an industry that makes extensive use of natural heritage sites. It has long been debated whether tourism is a threat to natural heritage sites. This research has been written to contribute to these discussions. In the study, the author(s) aims to determine the effects and threat levels of tourism in World Natural Heritage Sites. Within the scope of the research, the impact of tourism on 24 samples selected from UNESCO natural heritage sites was examined with multi-criteria decision-making methods. According to the results of the research, the highest endangerment level among the selected NHS are "Lake Malawi National Park", "Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary" and "Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park", while "Atlantic Forest Southeast Reserves", "Sinharaja Forest Conservation Area" and "Vredefort Dome" were found to be the least affected sites. The research results were discussed with the implications developed in accordance with the contexts of the selected NHS.
ISSN:0921-030X
1573-0840
DOI:10.1007/s11069-023-05934-x