Indicators in the study sites

Table of Contents

1. Compilers and contributors
2. Introduction
3. Climate indicators
4. Water indicators
5. Soil indicators
6. Vegetation indicators
7. Water runoff indicators
8. Forest fires indicators
9. Agriculture indicators
10. Cultivation indicators
11. Animal husbandry indicators
12. Land management indicators
13. Land use indicators
14. Water use indicators
15. Tourism indicators
    1. Tourism intensity
    2. Tourism change
16. Human characteristics indicators
17. Institutional indicators
18. Conclusions
19. References

Tourism change

This indicator assesses how the tourism destinations have changed in the last 10 years in a specific area. It is calculated by comparing the number of overnight stays (including second homes) in a specific destination over one year by the average number of tourists overnight stays in the last 10 years. The following classes have been defined for this project: (a) low- number of overnight stays in a specific destination over one year / average overnight stays in the last 10 years=R<1 (expressed %), (b) moderate-R=2-5%, (c) high-R=5-10%, and (d) very high-R>10%. Data for this indicator have been provided from the National Statistical Service.

As Table 13 shows, data for this indicator have been defined for 197 field sites corresponding to the study sites of Boteti Area-Botswana, Novij Saratov-Russia, Djanybek-Russia, Gois, Portugal, Cointzio Watershed, Mexico, and Mação- Portugal. The analysis of the data showed that 93.9% of the study field sites have been considered as subjected to low tourism change in the last decade.