Landscape Management for Quality Tourism

Abstract

The characteristics of the Calabrian landscapes are of such consistency as to form a supporting, structural system for any future configuration of the territory. These are landscapes resulting from traditions and cultural values such as woods, lakes and mountain, offering significant spaces still uncontaminated or in a phase of growth, where lack of vigilance or an incorrect planning policy could create serious consequences.
They constitute a living laboratory from which we can draw all the necessary applications for human health and where some prominent places represent the cornerstones of land planning. Moreover, the natural elements of attraction are an incentive and a stimulus for a quality tourism, with all the resulting benefits for the local community.
To develop a different model of development based on sustainability of interventions and heritage preservation, a good management strategy (maintenance) is needed that combines land development and environmental protection correctly. The target to pursue is one of triggering strategic processes of transformation together with a proper maintenance policy which, relying on the integrity of the landscapes, will attract conscious tourists able to appreciate the cultural offer and to practice activities compatible with the territory.