Jesús Manuel De Sancha Navarro (p)

Javier Sánchez-Rivas García

The recent conflict between Russia and Ukraine, aside from being resolved, is causing a general rise in prices of certain energy resources. This study aims to examine what the short-term consequences are and will be at the tourism level, through opinions collected from experts and data published in the sector. We believe that this will cause an increase in the prices of hotel reservations, which may lead to a decrease in demand for this coming summer 2022. Likewise, the high energy dependence of gas-producing countries may lead to greater awareness at a global level about the use of renewable energies, in order to limit this dependence in favor of cleaner and more durable energies, and thereby be able to promote more sustainable tourism.

Francisco Sánchez-cubo (p), Vanessa Miguel-Barrado, Inmaculada Crespo-Morán

Jesús Manuel De Sancha Navarro

In recent years, tourism in natural areas has gained importance in the tourism panorama. Nature tourism is presented as a key factor in the socio-economic sustainability of protected areas. Therefore, this piece of work aims to analyse the relationship between the development of tourism enterprises located in the areas of influence of Spanish peninsular national parks and different aspects related to the perception of the local population.
For this purpose, data were collected referring to the economic evolution of tourism companies and the sustainability of the environment perceived by local agents between the years 2009-2019. Because of the apparent heterogeneity of the data, these indicators were aggregated in clusters by running cluster analysis and then were set as part of a binary regression. The resulting clusters represent the dimensions around which the study question revolves. Besides, once they are obtained, further studies may be performed. These three clusters are (1) the operating income, (2) the economic profitability and (3) the perceived economic development. ANOVA tests were performed to assess whether the clusters were correctly classified.
Afterwards, a binary regression was run using the clusters as independent variables for defining those more profitable businesses and those less profitable businesses. The results draw the following main conclusion: the participation of the local population in the planning and management of the public use of these protected natural areas is essential to achieve sustainable development.

Javier Sánchez-Rivas García (p), José Antonio Molina, María Pablo-Romero, Inmaculada Crespo-Morán

Francisco Sánchez-cubo

Smart tourist destinations (DTI) or smart tourism destinations, have their origin mainly in smart cities or smart cities. Currently, Spain is laying the foundations for smart tourist destinations, becoming a pioneer and a global benchmark, and collaborating with institutions both at a European and international level to implement this new tourism management model. For this, it has the help of the State Mercantile Society for the Management of Tourism Innovation and Technologies (SEGITTUR), dependent on the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, and attached to the Secretary of State for Tourism. This organization applies a Smart Tourist Destination methodology that is based on the analysis of destinations around five axes: governance, innovation, technology, sustainability and accessibility, promoting an integrating vision of the territory including all management areas and all the actors that influence and participate in their development. The methodological process is divided into two cycles, the first, diagnosis and planning, responds to the need to make a comprehensive diagnosis of the destination, thus knowing the starting point, to go on to design an action plan that integrates the destination's own strategy to its transformation into DTI. Cycle two, execution and monitoring, is in which the necessary actions are materialized to achieve the Smart Tourist Destination distinction through the implementation of the action plan. There are currently 62 recognized DTIs, of which 2 are international (Tequila and Cozumel)