Plan-MEDtur aims to generate recommendations for the implementation of Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) (RD 363/2016) on the management of tourist activities and nautical transport/cruises with an ecosystem approach, in the Levantina-Balear demarcation of the Spanish Mediterranean. PLAN-MEDTUR wants to contribute to the process of MSP’s of tourism in Spain and to the development of Marine Strategies, obligatory compliance by 2019.
Activities:
-Analysis of regulatory frameworks and spatial plans, directly or indirectly, of tourist activities in coastal and maritime areas of the Levantina-Balearic region.
-Analysis of tourist activities, leisure transport and cruises: spatial nature, conflicts and synergies.
-Analysis of maritime governance in tourism: Identification of examples of good practices.
-Training of public and private actors on the application of the MSP in tourism activities.
-To inform public and private actors on the opportunities of the MSP for the sustainable management of tourism in maritime areas with an ecosystem approach.
-Generate legal-political recommendations on the implementation of MSP’s in tourism activities.
Methodology:
-The project’s methodology, combining research, training and dissemination, will allow this work to be useful in the preparation process of MSP’s.