Carrying Capacity Assessments for Sustainable Tourism in A Heritage Site

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Makale detayları

Carrying Capacity Assessments for Sustainable Tourism in A Heritage Site

Yazarlar:

Aygün Erdoğan

Yayıncı:

Akdeniz University

Ana Başlıklar:

Tourism (Other)

Dergi:

Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR) Vol.13 Issue 3, pp.237-274

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001358278

pISSN:

2147-9100

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Özet:

 In a heritage site, it is important to stay within the carrying capacity and manage the site through tourism carrying capacity TCC to ensure sustainability. This study contributes to the conceptual framework of TCC studies by re-evaluating a natural area preservation methodology IUCN developed by Cifuentes in a multi-characteristic heritage site for physical, real, and effective carrying capacities PCCs, RCCs, ECCs and also inspects the social carrying capacities SCCs using two basic theories. These TCC assessments were made for the visitor management zones VMZs defined within the Site Management Plan SMP area composed of Mount Harşena and the Rock-tombs of the Pontic Kings heritage site in Amasya, Türkiye, placed in the World Heritage Sites tentative list since 2015. Results of the re-evaluation suggested the suitability of using Cifuentess model in multi-characteristic heritage sites changing from isolated archeological-natural to peopled urban site zones of cultural importance. Different from SCC studies, in general, using either Doxeys Irritation Index or Butlers TALC model, findings from the inspections of SCCs in the cultural zones of the SMP area with the two models supported each other and made the results more robust. Both models have been validated empirically for both non-tourism-dependent and tourism-dependent resident populations.

 In a heritage site, it is important to stay within the carrying capacity and manage the site through tourism carrying capacity TCC to ensure sustainability. This study contributes to the conceptual framework of TCC studies by re-evaluating a natural area preservation methodology IUCN developed by Cifuentes in a multi-characteristic heritage site for physical, real, and effective carrying capacities PCCs, RCCs, ECCs and also inspects the social carrying capacities SCCs using two basic theories. These TCC assessments were made for the visitor management zones VMZs defined within the Site Management Plan SMP area composed of Mount Harşena and the Rock-tombs of the Pontic Kings heritage site in Amasya, Türkiye, placed in the World Heritage Sites tentative list since 2015. Results of the re-evaluation suggested the suitability of using Cifuentess model in multi-characteristic heritage sites changing from isolated archeological-natural to peopled urban site zones of cultural importance. Different from SCC studies, in general, using either Doxeys Irritation Index or Butlers TALC model, findings from the inspections of SCCs in the cultural zones of the SMP area with the two models supported each other and made the results more robust. Both models have been validated empirically for both non-tourism-dependent and tourism-dependent resident populations.

 In a heritage site, it is important to stay within the carrying capacity and manage the site through tourism carrying capacity TCC to ensure sustainability. This study contributes to the conceptual framework of TCC studies by re-evaluating a natural area preservation methodology IUCN developed by Cifuentes in a multi-characteristic heritage site for physical, real, and effective carrying capacities PCCs, RCCs, ECCs and also inspects the social carrying capacities SCCs using two basic theories. These TCC assessments were made for the visitor management zones VMZs defined within the Site Management Plan SMP area composed of Mount Harşena and the Rock-tombs of the Pontic Kings heritage site in Amasya, Türkiye, placed in the World Heritage Sites tentative list since 2015. Results of the re-evaluation suggested the suitability of using Cifuentess model in multi-characteristic heritage sites changing from isolated archeological-natural to peopled urban site zones of cultural importance. Different from SCC studies, in general, using either Doxeys Irritation Index or Butlers TALC model, findings from the inspections of SCCs in the cultural zones of the SMP area with the two models supported each other and made the results more robust. Both models have been validated empirically for both non-tourism-dependent and tourism-dependent resident populations.

 In a heritage site, it is important to stay within the carrying capacity and manage the site through tourism carrying capacity TCC to ensure sustainability. This study contributes to the conceptual framework of TCC studies by re-evaluating a natural area preservation methodology IUCN developed by Cifuentes in a multi-characteristic heritage site for physical, real, and effective carrying capacities PCCs, RCCs, ECCs and also inspects the social carrying capacities SCCs using two basic theories. These TCC assessments were made for the visitor management zones VMZs defined within the Site Management Plan SMP area composed of Mount Harşena and the Rock-tombs of the Pontic Kings heritage site in Amasya, Türkiye, placed in the World Heritage Sites tentative list since 2015. Results of the re-evaluation suggested the suitability of using Cifuentess model in multi-characteristic heritage sites changing from isolated archeological-natural to peopled urban site zones of cultural importance. Different from SCC studies, in general, using either Doxeys Irritation Index or Butlers TALC model, findings from the inspections of SCCs in the cultural zones of the SMP area with the two models supported each other and made the results more robust. Both models have been validated empirically for both non-tourism-dependent and tourism-dependent resident populations.

Makale detayları

Carrying Capacity Assessments for Sustainable Tourism in A Heritage Site

Yazarlar:

Aygün Erdoğan

Yayıncı:

Akdeniz University

Ana Başlıklar:

Tourism (Other)

Dergi:

Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR) Vol.13 Issue 3, pp.237-274

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001358278

pISSN:

2147-9100

Sustainable tourism

tourism carrying capacity

Cifuentes’s model

Doxey’s index

Butler’s model

Amasya-Türkiye

Sayı

Makale detayları

Carrying Capacity Assessments for Sustainable Tourism in A Heritage Site

Yazarlar: Aygün Erdoğan

Yayıncı: Akdeniz University

Ana Başlıklar: Tourism (Other)

Dergi: Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR) Vol.13 Issue 3, pp.237-274

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2025

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001358278

pISSN: 2147-9100

Sustainable tourism

tourism carrying capacity

Cifuentes’s model

Doxey’s index

Butler’s model

Amasya-Türkiye

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Aygün Erdoğan

Yayıncı:

Akdeniz University

Ana Başlıklar:

Tourism (Other)

Dergi:

Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR) Vol.13 Issue 3, pp.237-274

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001358278

pISSN:

2147-9100