Juan Ignacio Rengifo Gallego

Methodological approach for assessing the potential of a rural tourism destination: An application in the province of Cáceres (Spain)

Evaluating the resources in a tourism destination is one of the previous tasks in the development of its comprehensive planning. There are many criteria to use in order to evaluate tourism resources; but, independently on the number of attributes considered the fact is that not every criterion is equally important in the process of evaluation and ranking of the tourism potential of a destinations resources. In contrast to other well-known methodologies, the aim of this paper is to propose a methodology to weight qualitative and hierarchical evaluation attributes by estimating a discrimination parameter. In this research, an item response theory (IRT) model is used, the graded response model, to estimate each attributes discrimination coefficient. This parameter will be the basis to propose a weighting system for the entire set of attributes. Graded response model (GRM) will also allow establishing a hierarchy of resources by constructing a continuous latent scale, where it will be possible to position every analysed resource in the tourism destination. The applicability and robustness of the IRT methodology will be tested using data from rural tourism resources in the Spanish province of Cáceres.Evaluating the resources in a tourism destination is one of the previous tasks in the development of its comprehensive planning. There are many criteria to use in order to evaluate tourism resources; but, independently on the number of attributes considered the fact is that not every criterion is equally important in the process of evaluation and ranking of the tourism potential of a destinations resources. In contrast to other well-known methodologies, the aim of this paper is to propose a methodology to weight qualitative and hierarchical evaluation attributes by estimating a discrimination parameter. In this research, an item response theory (IRT) model is used, the graded response model, to estimate each attributes discrimination coefficient. This parameter will be the basis to propose a weighting system for the entire set of attributes. Graded response model (GRM) will also allow establishing a hierarchy of resources by constructing a continuous latent scale, where it will be possible to position e...

Caza y turismo cinegético como instrumentos para la conservación de la naturaleza

Throughout history hunting has been exercised for various purposes until, in the twentieth century, became a phenomenon essentially recreational. This change introduced a debate in society about the role of hunting as a leisure activity and consumptive, at a time which hunting tourism grows gradually. The speech of the article focuses on the role that hunting plays in nature conservation, as well as the initiatives being undertaken at different scales, to make tourism a sustainable hunting.

CARACTERIZACIÓN TERRITORIAL DEL TURISMO EN EXTREMADURA MEDIANTE GROUPING ANALYSIS

Este articulo propone la caracterizacion del territorio turistico de Extremadura a partir del analisis de grupos (Grouping Analysis), tecnica vinculada a la geoestadistica. En la configuracion de territorios homogeneos se consideran las variables relativas a los atractivos y la oferta de alojamientos y restauracion y, ademas, se recurre al criterio espacial. Por ello, la tecnica propuesta, trata de ir mas alla de los analisis exclusivamente cuantitativos al incorporar el espacio proximo como factor destacado a la hora de establecer grupos homogeneos. Tras realizar numerosos ensayos, utilizando variables muy diversas y diferentes criterios de restriccion espacial, desde la omision del mismo hasta la consideracion de tres vecinos como criterio de distancia, se pone de manifiesto que los resultados que ofrece la utilizacion de este ultimo criterio son sensiblemente mejores que los obtenidos con la omision del criterio espacial. Como consecuencia de su desarrollo se obtienen 14 territorios turisticos bien diferenciados.

CAZA Y ESPACIOS NATURALES PROTEGIDOS EN EXTREMADURA

Protected areas have grown very quickly in the last century, achieving significant figures which, however, vary very significantly from one country to another. This interest in protecting natural areas is related, in the current context, with different objectives: scientific, educational, recreational and socioeconomic. As a result, we have a new scenario in which certain traditional uses are being affected. Hunting is undoubtedly one of the best examples of traditional activity that is being affected by this process. With this background, this paper analyses the general situation of protected natural spaces in Extremadura in relation to hunting. This analysis takes into account the fact that a third of the regional territory is protected by some of the existing mechanisms and, moreover, these spaces are distributed in areas where hunting has been a traditional activity that has helped to keep the spaces in a good state of conservation.