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Theoretical Framework on European Spatial Planning of Tourism Destinations

The Theoretical Framework compares the different contexts for spatial planning and how they approach tourism-related issues in selected European countries, namely Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal and Turkey. Each chapter starts with a presentation of the overall profile of the investigated country. The chapters then consider the following contexts of spatial planning of tourism destinations: legal regulations of spatial planning, long-term strategy for spatial planning, public participation in spatial planning, and the main challenges of spatial planning of tourism destinations. The Theoretical Framework ends with an overarching discussion focusing on the various challenges that affect sustainable spatial planning of tourism destinations in the countries under consideration. The Theoretical Framework was released as a book of chapters entitled “Contemporary challenges of spatial planning in tourism destinations”, published by the Lodz University Press.

  • Napierała, T., Leśniewska-Napierała, K., & Cotella, G. (Eds.) (2022). Contemporary challenges of spatial planning in tourism destinations. Lodz: Lodz University Press. https://repozytorium.uni.lodz.pl/handle/11089/47006
  • Napierała, T., Leśniewska-Napierała, K., & Cotella, G. (2022). Theoretical fundamentals of sustainable spatial planning of European tourism destinations. In T. Napierała, K. Leśniewska-Napierała, & G. Cotella, G. (Eds.). Contemporary challenges of spatial planning in tourism destinations (pp. 7-15). Lodz: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-149-4.01
  • Cotella, G. (2022). The planning system in Italy and how it addresses tourism-related issues. In T. Napierała, K. Leśniewska-Napierała, & G. Cotella, G. (Eds.). Contemporary challenges of spatial planning in tourism destinations (pp. 17-43). Lodz: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-149-4.02
  • Tjørve, E. (2022). The planning system in Norway with focus on mountain destinations. In T. Napierała, K. Leśniewska-Napierała, & G. Cotella, G. (Eds.). Contemporary challenges of spatial planning in tourism destinations (pp. 45-60). Lodz: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-149-4.03
  • Leśniewska-Napierała, K., Pielesiak, I., & Kaczmarek, J. (2022). The spatial planning system in Poland: Focus on tourist destinations. In T. Napierała, K. Leśniewska-Napierała, & G. Cotella, G. (Eds.). Contemporary challenges of spatial planning in tourism destinations (pp. 61-90). Lodz: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-149-4.04
  • Jorge, J.P., Oliveira, V., Oliveira, F., Lima Santos, L., Viana, A.S., & Malheiros, C. (2022). The planning system in Portugal. In T. Napierała, K. Leśniewska-Napierała, & G. Cotella, G. (Eds.). Contemporary challenges of spatial planning in tourism destinations (pp. 91-110). Lodz: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-149-4.05
  • Sarikaya Levent, Y., Levent, T., Birdir, K., & Sahilli Birdir, S. (2022). Spatial planning system in Turkey: Focus on tourism destinations. In T. Napierała, K. Leśniewska-Napierała, & G. Cotella, G. (Eds.). Contemporary challenges of spatial planning in tourism destinations (pp. 111-140). Lodz: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-149-4.06
  • Cerić, D., & Czapiewski, K. (2022). Diverse challenges of tourism spatial planning: Evidence from Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, and Turkey. In T. Napierała, K. Leśniewska-Napierała, & G. Cotella, G. (Eds.). Contemporary challenges of spatial planning in tourism destinations (pp. 141-154). Lodz: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-149-4.07

Case Study Reports and Policy Recommendations

The purpose of the Norwegian case study analysis and policy recommendations titled “The spatial planning of destinations and second-home developments in Norwegian mountains” is to discuss the state of spatial planning and planning traditions in mountain municipalities in southern Norway, with emphasis on the mountain destinations and second-home agglomerations, for both existing and new resorts. When suggesting actionable policy recommendations for a more sustainable spatial planning in the mountains, it is useful to consider the discourses voiced by the different groups of actors and stakeholders, both local and non-local (mostly second-home owners), including local governments, developers, landowners and/or farmers, and groups such as environmental organisations and political parties.

The aim of the Polish case study analysis and policy recommendations titled “Bełchatów industrial district: from lignite mining and energy production towards sustainable tourism” is to propose a sustainable destination based on a devastated area. The Bełchatów industrial district is an area consisting of 14 communes located in Łódzkie Voivodeship (Central Poland). The boundaries of the case study area were delimited based on industrial landscape transformation resulting from lignite mining and energy production and fitted into administrative divisions at the local level. The Bełchatów industrial district has been devastated by already existing functions of lignite mining, energy production, and related industries. Tourism is indicated as a potentially significant function to be developed in the region. The main question is whether and how tourism can contribute to increasing the sustainability of the Bełchatów industrial district in the future.

The purpose of the Portuguese case study analysis and policy recommendations titled “Climate change, coastal tourism, and local planning: the case of Baleal Beach, Peniche (Portugal)” is to provide an overview of recent developments in coastal regions in Portugal, the evolution of the legal framework and planning tools adopted over the last decades, especially taking into consideration the major challenge of climate change, amplified in these coastal zones due to strong physical dynamics, vulnerability, and human occupation, reflecting the fact that adaptation to climate change has become a top priority, structuring all coastal planning policy, both in Portugal and the rest of Europe. With the impacts of climate change worsening, the coming decades will be the real test of the robustness of the new paradigm of coastal management, especially represented by the assumption of a new philosophy by the coastal zone programmes and coastal zones management plans in Portugal.

The aim of the Italian case study analysis and policy recommendations titled “The vineyard landscape of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato (Piedmont, Italy): challenges and opportunities of tourism” is to illustrate the Langhe-Roero and Monferrato region, which is a territorial context modelled in the century by local communities in Southern Piedmont (Italy). While this territory used to be economically marginal in the past, over the recent years it has become remarkably rich and with great potential for growth and development. This was possible in part thanks to the UNESCO candidacy process that began in the early 2000s and concluded in 2014 with the inclusion of the site into the World Heritage List as a UNESCO Cultural Landscape.

The purpose of the Turkish case study analysis and policy recommendations titled “Local attraction centre Kızkalesi: the natural and cultural assets for sustainable tourism” is to discuss the challenges and opportunities to achieve sustainable tourism development in Kızkalesi. The case study area is approached beyond the administrative boundaries of the neighbourhood, as being an important component of a settlement system in which tourism is one of the basic economic sectors. Despite the potential, there are challenges to be overcome to achieve sustainable tourism development. The pressure for development while the settlement is surrounded by natural and cultural conservation areas, huge population increase during tourism season that creates carrying capacity and management problems, impeded accessibility from distant locations, and the lack of an updated spatial plan to direct changes in physical environment create uncertainties in the tourism development in Kızkalesi.

European Handbook of Tourism Spatial Planning

The European Handbook of Tourism Spatial Planning provides a broad overview of the development of European practices in tourism spatial planning. It presents the experience, practices and guidance available at national, regional and local level. The empirical content for the Handbook was collected mainly during the SPOT project study visits. The innovativeness of the Handbook results from: (1) combining place-based and project-based approaches, (2) implementing ideas and core values of European spatial policy, including territorial cohesion and spatial justice, into sustainable tourism planning, and (3) discussing differentiated geographical contexts of tourism planning. The handbook targets present (practitioners) and future (students) tourism planners, as well as researchers investigating problems of tourism development planning.

The Handbook was released as a special issue of “European Spatial Research and Policy” journal (2022, vol. 92, issue 2).

  • Leśniewska-Napierała, K., Pielesiak, I., & Cotella, G. (2022). Foreword. European Spatial Research and Policy, 29(2), 9-15. https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.29.2.01
  • Leśniewska-Napierała, K., & Napierała, T. (2022). In Memoriam Konrad Czapiewski (1979-2022). European Spatial Research and Policy, 29(2), 5-7. https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/esrap/article/view/15344
  • Kaczmarek, S., & Kaczmarek, J. (2022). Urban sustainable tourism – reality or utopia?. European Spatial Research and Policy, 29(2), 17-39. https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.29.2.02
  • Napierała, T., Leśniewska-Napierała, K., Al-Rawhani, M., Bayramdurdyyev, R., Bugaj, H., Cetin, A., & Gonzalvo, J. (2022). Sustainability of studies on sustainable tourism – a bibliometric approach. European Spatial Research and Policy, 29(2), 41-58. https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.29.2.03
  • Cotella, G., & Vitale Brovarone, E. (2022). Tourism as an opportunity to effectively counteract marginalisation. The case of the Italian national strategy for inner areas. European Spatial Research and Policy, 29(2), 59-77. https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.29.2.04
  • Francesca, T., & Bonini Baraldi , S. (2022). Unveiling forms of participation in the governance of UNESCO world heritage sites. European Spatial Research and Policy, 29(2), 79-91. https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.29.2.05
  • Assumma, V., Bottero, M., Cassatella, C., & Cotella, G. (2022). Planning sustainable tourism in UNESCO wine regions: the case of the Langhe-Roero and Monferrato area. European Spatial Research and Policy, 29(2), 93-113. https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.29.2.06
  • Tjørve, E., Tjørve, K., & Owusu, K. (2022). Barriers and challenges to sustainable physical planning for mountain destinations and second-home developments in the mountain region of south-eastern Norway: the reign of governments or developers?. European Spatial Research and Policy, 29(2), 115-129. https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.29.2.07
  • Tjørve, E., & Tjørve, K. M. C. (2022). Discourses regarding the sustainability and environmental considerations in physical planning of second homes in Norwegian mountain destinations: a comparison between governmental documents, research literature and the general media. European Spatial Research and Policy, 29(2), 131-147. https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.29.2.08
  • Napierała, T., Leśniewska-Napierała, K., Nalej, M., & Pielesiak, I. (2022). Co-evolution of tourism and industrial sectors: the case of the Bełchatów industrial district. European Spatial Research and Policy, 29(2), 149-173. https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.29.2.09
  • Mazur, M., Czapiewski, K., & Cerić, D. (2022). The spatial, temporal and structural approach to interregional tourism inflows’ sustainability – on the example of four Erasmus+ SPOT project case study regions. European Spatial Research and Policy, 29(2), 175-192. https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.29.2.10

Manual of the Course of Sustainable Tourism Spatial Planning

The Manual of the Course on Sustainable Tourism Spatial Planning presents a syllabus with expected learning outcomes and teaching content, auxiliary teaching materials, and detailed instruction for teachers. The course was designed to help the students gain an understanding of the nature and driving forces behind the tourism industry by focusing on tourism spatial planning. Students will be able to independently identify the key issues problems, and propose solutions to them in the development and evaluation of tourism spatial planning. The course will provide a conceptual framework for theoretical and practical issues, and it offers a foundation for further innovative teaching and learning. The Manual could be useful for tourism spatial planning teachers in different geographical, cultural or social contexts. However, the mindset, approaches and techniques presented in this publication may also prove useful for educators in other fields, where holistic long-term planning is concerned.

Additional Outputs

Erasmus+ Project Results Platform

All SPOT project results will be available on Erasmus+ Project Results Platform. This online database give an access to results, but also descriptions and contact information of all projects funded under the Erasmus+ programme, including SPOT project.

Visual identity: Repository of project templates and graphic materials

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News in Repository

  • Lesson from Italian local seminar – Turin, September 23, 2022
    See the summary of SPOT project’s contribution presented during Italian local seminar. On September 23, 2022, students participating in the SPOT project’s study visit to Italy had an outstanding opportunity to share their achievements with stakeholders of tourism development in the region we investigated – Langhe-Roero and Monferrato. We agreed during Italian local seminar that the sustainable tourism is not a goal, it is a way we can achieve other goals like protection of environment, equity, economic development (not a growth), social inclusion, and diversity. Students’ reports presented during Italian local seminar Meet the locals involved in a discussion Claudio… Read more: Lesson from Italian local seminar – Turin, September 23, 2022
  • Lesson from Portuguese local seminar – Peniche, May 13, 2022
    We were impressed by the quality of work presented by our students during Portuguese local seminar. This multiplier event was held in Peniche on May 13, 2022. The aim of the local seminar was to present the results of the SPOT study tour to Portugal. The achievements of a students’ work during the intensive learning programme in Peniche were presented to the local community and now – after review and revision – are available on the SPOT project website. We have learned from our students that the concept of sustainability should be changed. The focus on economic growth must be… Read more: Lesson from Portuguese local seminar – Peniche, May 13, 2022
  • Special issue of European Spatial Research and Policy: Call for Papers
    European Spatial Research and Policy is an international review concerned with the problems of social and economic space organisation at the local, regional, and supranational levels. The journal comprising both theoretical and empirical aspects of spatial analyses is aimed at academics, policy-makers, and practitioners interested in a broad range of spatial development issues in contemporary Europe. The scope of the journal is defined by the concepts of space, environment, society, and economy rather than by the names of specific disciplines. Its main areas of interest include, i.a., regional policy, spatial planning, European integration processes, locational studies, labour market developments, foreign… Read more: Special issue of European Spatial Research and Policy: Call for Papers
  • CovidImpact Touris Cropped
    COVID-19 impact on tourism: case of Polish hotels
    COVID-19 pandemic started just three months after SPOT project kick-off meeting. Pandemic outbreak triggered a major global crisis affecting various human activities, including travel and tourism. It also influenced SPOT project as already planned mobilities of students and researchers had to be postponed or even cancelled. As thus, our first focus was on delivering analysis of evidenced and expected impact of COVID-19 pandemic on tourism. Hotels are recognized as a core element of tourism infrastructure. In consequence, hotels are of particular interest of destination management organizations and institutions responsible for spatial planning. This was a reason we decided to consider… Read more: COVID-19 impact on tourism: case of Polish hotels

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