To clean or not to clean? A critical review of beach cleaning methods and impacts

S Zielinski, CM Botero, A Yanes - Marine pollution bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
Cleaning is a fundamental concern of beach managers in many destinations as well as an
important requirement in beach quality awards. However, it has been largely neglected in …

Tourists' willingness to pay to improve sustainability and experience at destination

JL Durán-Román, PJ Cárdenas-García… - Journal of Destination …, 2021 - Elsevier
Consolidated tourism destinations face certain challenges derived from aspects such as
new client demands, growing competition, the problems of overtourism and tourism-phobia …

Evaluation of the non-use value of beach tourism resources: A case study of Qingdao coastal scenic area, China

J Liu, N Liu, Y Zhang, Z Qu, J Yu - Ocean & coastal management, 2019 - Elsevier
Beaches, an important component of coastal tourism resources, are gradually eroding as a
result of environmental pollution, ecological damage, etc., which is ignored by tourists as …

Beach tourists; what factors satisfy them and drive them to return

R Dodds, MR Holmes - Ocean & coastal management, 2019 - Elsevier
Of all the forms of tourism, visiting a beach is one of the most popular. The objective of this
study was to determine whether satisfaction levels of beach visitors could be predicted using …

Beach litter composition and distribution on the Atlantic coast of Cádiz (SW Spain)

F Asensio-Montesinos, G Anfuso, MO Ramírez… - Regional Studies in …, 2020 - Elsevier
A total amount of 16,123 beach litter items, appertaining to 120 litter groups, was identified at
40 bathing areas along the coast of Cádiz, Spain. Selected areas covered remote (5), rural …

Comparison of macroplastics dynamic across a tidal-dominated coastal habitat seascape including seagrasses, salt marshes, rocky bottoms and soft sediments

LG Egea, J Cavijoli-Bosch, I Casal-Porras… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coastal environments are usually composed by heterogeneous coastal-seascape, which
can modify macroplastics accumulation dynamic. We evaluated seasonally the litter trapped …

Willingness to pay for management and preservation of natural, semi-urban and urban beaches in Italy

I Rodella, F Madau, M Mazzanti, C Corbau… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2019 - Elsevier
The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the economic value related to beach
preservation by elicitation of the willingness to pay (WTP). This analysis is based on the …

Influences on coastal tourism demand and substitution behaviors from climate change impacts and hazard recovery responses

E Seekamp, M Jurjonas… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Climate change impacts can negatively affect tourism demand and, subsequently, local
economies by disrupting access and altering physical conditions, including those from …

Willingness to pay for more sustainable tourism destinations in world heritage cities: The case of Caceres, Spain

C Jurado-Rivas, M Sánchez-Rivero - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sustainable tourism management is becoming an increasingly important factor in the image
of tourist destinations. Therefore, it is appropriate to consider the possibility of charging a …

Assessing users' expectations and perceptions on different beach types and the need for diverse management frameworks along the Western Mediterranean

C Cabezas-Rabadán, M Rodilla, JE Pardo-Pascual… - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Beach management follows a homogeneous and rigid decision-making process that tries to
fulfill expectations assumed from mass tourism without really getting to know the real users' …