Case Study - Sustainable Tourism in Lagos, Portugal
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College of Commerce Catering and Tourism
Sustainable Tourism
Case study on the tourism related problems of
Lagos, Portugal
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Rebecca Zug
19.11.2012
Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary 3
2. Findings 4
3. Discussion 5
4. Conclusion and Recommendations 8
5. Implementation 8
6. References 9
Case study: Lagos, Algarve, Portugal
1 1. Executive Summary
The reason why I choose Lagos for this case study is because I was living there from May 2012 – October 2012 and I think it is a good example for some problems which may occur due to tourism. However it is not an example for the typical mass tourism associated problems, because the nature of tourism in the Algarve is water sports related and therefore reflects a different lifestyle and attitude to the local environment.
Lagos
Lagos is a harbor town in the Portuguese Algarve coast. The region Lagos has about 30000 constant inhabitants, but due to the fact that Tourism brings 3 million people to the Algarve every year the amount of inhabitants may be tripled at certain times of the year. Furthermore it has the highest share of residents with foreigners in the whole country.
It is probably the most popular destination in the Algarve, because it offers a great diversity of activities for the whole family but mainly the younger generation (water sports: surfing, kiting, wakeboarding, diving, kayaking, as well as a huge gastronomical repertory with countless English bars, restaurants (mainly foreign cuisine), but still kept its old flair in the carless old town due to its 2000 year old history.
There are several beaches, one km long sandy beach and more small bays, which are although it is quite a big town still not the typical city beaches. There are only separated single restaurants directly at the beaches, keeping the “original” coastline, while buildings are only few hundred meters behind.
As you can see
College of Commerce Catering and Tourism
Sustainable Tourism
Case study on the tourism related problems of
Lagos, Portugal
[pic]
Rebecca Zug
19.11.2012
Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary 3
2. Findings 4
3. Discussion 5
4. Conclusion and Recommendations 8
5. Implementation 8
6. References 9
Case study: Lagos, Algarve, Portugal
1 1. Executive Summary
The reason why I choose Lagos for this case study is because I was living there from May 2012 – October 2012 and I think it is a good example for some problems which may occur due to tourism. However it is not an example for the typical mass tourism associated problems, because the nature of tourism in the Algarve is water sports related and therefore reflects a different lifestyle and attitude to the local environment.
Lagos
Lagos is a harbor town in the Portuguese Algarve coast. The region Lagos has about 30000 constant inhabitants, but due to the fact that Tourism brings 3 million people to the Algarve every year the amount of inhabitants may be tripled at certain times of the year. Furthermore it has the highest share of residents with foreigners in the whole country.
It is probably the most popular destination in the Algarve, because it offers a great diversity of activities for the whole family but mainly the younger generation (water sports: surfing, kiting, wakeboarding, diving, kayaking, as well as a huge gastronomical repertory with countless English bars, restaurants (mainly foreign cuisine), but still kept its old flair in the carless old town due to its 2000 year old history.
There are several beaches, one km long sandy beach and more small bays, which are although it is quite a big town still not the typical city beaches. There are only separated single restaurants directly at the beaches, keeping the “original” coastline, while buildings are only few hundred meters behind.
As you can see
References: Personal experiences while working at Algarve Watersports http://www.carvoeiro.net/news-reader/items/2011-01-01_arbeitslosigkeit_an_der_algarve.html http://topachievement.com/smart.html ----------------------- [pic] ----------------------- 9