Proper planning and development of tourism at the regional level are suggested as a sound strategy for sustainable development of the Zhoushan Municipality.ĭue to the overcrowding of beaches, it has become necessary to study their frequency of use, particularly in tourist destinations. Although the TEF of Zhoushan was slightly over its carrying capacity, the per capital EF of residents remained below average national and global levels. Amongst the four sub-regions, Dinghai appeared to have a relatively large deficit, whereas Shengsi presented a great ecological carrying capacity surplus, thereby revealing a remarkable local imbalance of development. TEF accounted for a remarkable proportion over this five-year period and reached 20–30% of the regional EF. Results showed that the tourism EF (TEF) and local EF slowly increased between 20. Ecological footprint (EF) analysis was applied to quantitatively assess the ecological carrying capacity of tourism in the Zhoushan Municipality during the years 2010–2014, and geospatial technologies were used for regional analysis. Evaluation of tourism carrying capacity is imperative to have a comprehensive understanding of tourism’s development and sustainability. However, the rapid development of tourism has caused tremendous ecological pressure. Tourism has been a dynamic and potential industry in China in the recent two decades. The author found significant differences in the volume of tourist traffic across Polish coastal municipalities and between the Polish coast as a whole and other coastal areas in other European countries. The author focuses on the most commonly used indicators of tourism activity: Baretje-Defert's index of the tourism development, Schneider's index of tourism intensity, Charvat's index of intensity of tourist traffic and Defert's index of tourist traffic density (based on data for 2014, except the number of tourist beds for 2019 year). The analysis is based on statistical data from the Local Data Bank (BDL) maintained by Statistics Poland (GUS) about all seaside municipalities for which there is data on tourist arrivals.
The aim of this study was to analyse the quantitative and spatial differentiation of tourist traffic in the Polish coast. In recent years this area has seen a significant growth in tourist accommodation and tourist traffic.
The Polish coast is located at a considerable distance from the main areas of leisure tourism in Europe. The result has shown that seawater installations have the largest carbon footprint, mainly due to the high electricity consumption in the islands and the electricity mix of the archipelago which, as it does not rely entirely on renewable energy sources, increases CO 2 emissions into the atmosphere due to the production of drinking water in the islands. To study the environmental impact of the production of drinking water through the exploitation of the aquifer and the desalination of seawater, the carbon footprint methodology was used following the guidelines of the GHG Protocol. The presence of these desalination plants covers the entire archipelago except for the island of La Palma, and sometimes they function as a complement to water needs, while in other cases they are the only source of drinking water available.
However, the growth of tourism, the increase in the local population and the development of agriculture have led to the emergence of new ways of obtaining water, such as the desalination of seawater. The Canary Islands have a water culture tied to the exploitation of their groundwater by means of wells and water galleries.
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