Understanding the impact of tourism on spatial growth for sustainable development of tourist destinations through the measure of land use efficiency

Tagore Sai Priya Nunna; Ankhi Banerjee

doi:10.18778/1231-1952.29.2.11

Authors

Tagore Sai Priya Nunna Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Faculty of Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management, 721302, Kharagpur, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3709-8334
Ankhi Banerjee Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Faculty of Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management, 721302, Kharagpur, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1265-248X

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.29.2.11

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tourist inflow, built-up, consumption, spatial, sustainability

Abstract

Increased visitor arrivals and improved work opportunities in the discussed destinations resulted in infrastructural development and settlement movements, culminating in the urbanisation of the locations. As a result of increased tourist flows and growing economic dependency on the tourism sector, the accommodation and other tourist infrastructure have contributed to a change in built-up areas considerably in tourist areas. Most green spaces in environmentally vulnerable locations are being filled with concrete due to a lack of appropriate spatial development guidelines, while urban areas are losing their authentic aspects. The paper attempts to understand spatial sustainability through the measures of land consumption rate and land-use efficiency in various types of tourist places. As a result, the study concludes that there is a strong link between growing urbanisation and changing visitor arrivals, as well as population change, and tourism has a substantial influence on spatial sustainability.

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