Hugo García-Andreu

ANÁLISIS ESTRUCTURAL DEL SISTEMA TURÍSTICO RESIDENCIAL EN LA COSTA BLANCA

This paper presents an advanced methodological proposal for the systemic analysis of the residential tourism sector, which allows the identifi cation of its components and the selection of the key issues which comprise such system. It has been selected the Costa Blanca (Spain) as a case study for this research. With the aim of achieving this objective it has been used the software MicMac© (Impact Matrix Cross- Reference Multiplication Applied to a Classifi cation). The work with this tool by means of a Panel of Experts has led to the identifi cation of eight key issues of the residential tourism system in the Costa Blanca: Territorial Planning; Land consumption; Prices; Prestige of the destination; Type of construction; Retirement migration; Landscape, natural resources and beaches; and Urban scenery. This methodology improves the information to be used in the strategic decision making processes for planning at a regional scale.