Abstract

Policy-led interventions in the tourism domain should acknowledge the particular challenges of the territories to be implemented to promote desirable impacts. When intervention areas exceed the national level, the indicator approach may prove effective in determining the particular needs of different areas, thus better identifying projects that could bring the most change to lagging areas. The present study tests the potential of indicators to drive spatially targeted policies by proposing and implementing a methodological framework that examines whether the activities of selected projects under the 1^st call of the Interreg-MED Thematic Objective of Sustainable Tourism effectively covered the needs of the Mediterranean regions. Furthermore, it builds regional clusters as a means to prioritize future interventions in the most suitable regions, in consideration of their particular weaknesses. The analysis revealed that interventions could have been more effectively allocated, and that more active participation of Mediterranean regions is needed. The proposed framework could serve as a starting point for enhancing the evaluation processes for project selection and lead to improvements in the policy framework for sustainable tourism.

摘要

在旅游领域以政策为主导的干预措施应承认为促进理想影响而将要实施的领土所面临的特殊挑战。当干预领域超出国家水平时，指标方法可能被证明可以有效地确定不同领域的特殊需求，从而更好地确定可能给落后地区带来最大变化的项目。本研究测试的指标，通过提出和实施方法论框架，以推动空间上有针对性的政策的潜力，用于检查是否选定项目下的1活动^日Interreg-MED可持续旅游业主题目标的呼吁有效地满足了地中海地区的需求。此外，考虑到特定干预措施的特殊弱点，它建立了区域群集，作为优先选择最适合区域的未来干预措施的手段。分析表明，干预措施本来可以更有效地分配，并且需要地中海地区更积极地参与。拟议的框架可以作为加强项目选择评估过程的起点，并导致可持续旅游业政策框架的改善。