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The “tourist industry” will be the world leader economic sector by the year 2000, representing in 1987 the 12% of the world GDP (WTO 1993). Tourist activities bring income and jobs, increased understanding of other cultures, investment in infrastructure, which in turn brings social and cultural benefits. However, on the other hand they can cause destruction of habitats, degradation of landscapes, and competition for scarce resources and services, such as land, freshwater, energy, and sewage treatment (Stanners and Bordeau 1995). In Europe, coastal areas are the most popular tourist destinations. Vellinga and Braat (1994) identified the development of tourism and urbanization, with an annual growth rate of 3–4% for the next 20 years, as one of the main variation trends on the pressure exerted on the coastal systems. This trend parallels the development of a greater preoccupation of the public with the environment and the implementation of the sustainable principles in the Western economy. A requirement for the future would be the establishment of criteria and policies that assure the coexistence of both the tourist economic growth and the functioning of the natural systems. Therefore, new challenges in the management of the coastal zones are needed, but first it is necessary to recognize and analyze all the associated pressures that the coastal environment is suffering today.
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Sardá, R., Fluviá, M. (1999). Tourist Development in the Costa Brava (Girona, Spain): A Quantification of Pressures on the Coastal Environment. In: Salomons, W., Turner, R.K., de Lacerda, L.D., Ramachandran, S. (eds) Perspectives on Integrated Coastal Zone Management. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60103-3_15
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