Watching wildlife in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay: tourist control or auto-control?

Autores
Tuneu Corral, Carme; Szteren, Diana; Cassini, Marcelo Hernan
Año de publicación
2017
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
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versión publicada
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Cabo Polonio (Uruguay) is a popular but atypical centre for beach vacations, because tourists spend days without electricity, running water and vehicle. There is a continental pinniped colony that acts as secondary attraction, but there is not direct control over tourist visits to the rookery. Our objective was to evaluate the experience of visitors to this pinniped colony. We used questionnaires to determine the information used by tourists and to analyse their attitudes towards the colony conservation. To validate questionnaires, we also conducted direct observations of the tourist-pinniped interactions. Less than 15% of tourists received information, which was provided by local people. Most tourists saw the rookery as an important touristic attraction. There was total consensus about the requirement for wildlife information. Despite the lack of active supervision, most people behaved properly and complied with conservation measures: the probability that a tourist crossed the fence during a visit was only 0.002 (17 crosses in 902 hours). This positive attitude is possible related to the fact that tourists in Cabo Polonio, accept the discomfort of living without social commodities and welcome the closeness with nature. It is expected that most people will have a spontaneous predisposition to take care of nature.
Fil: Tuneu Corral, Carme. Universidad de Barcelona; España
Fil: Szteren, Diana. Universidad de la República; Uruguay
Fil: Cassini, Marcelo Hernan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Luján; Argentina
Materia
Conservation Psychology
Marine Mammals
Nature-Based Tourism
South America
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Watching wildlife in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay: tourist control or auto-control?
title Watching wildlife in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay: tourist control or auto-control?
spellingShingle Watching wildlife in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay: tourist control or auto-control?
Tuneu Corral, Carme
Conservation Psychology
Marine Mammals
Nature-Based Tourism
South America
title_short Watching wildlife in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay: tourist control or auto-control?
title_full Watching wildlife in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay: tourist control or auto-control?
title_fullStr Watching wildlife in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay: tourist control or auto-control?
title_full_unstemmed Watching wildlife in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay: tourist control or auto-control?
title_sort Watching wildlife in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay: tourist control or auto-control?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tuneu Corral, Carme
Szteren, Diana
Cassini, Marcelo Hernan
author Tuneu Corral, Carme
author_facet Tuneu Corral, Carme
Szteren, Diana
Cassini, Marcelo Hernan
author_role author
author2 Szteren, Diana
Cassini, Marcelo Hernan
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Conservation Psychology
Marine Mammals
Nature-Based Tourism
South America
topic Conservation Psychology
Marine Mammals
Nature-Based Tourism
South America
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Cabo Polonio (Uruguay) is a popular but atypical centre for beach vacations, because tourists spend days without electricity, running water and vehicle. There is a continental pinniped colony that acts as secondary attraction, but there is not direct control over tourist visits to the rookery. Our objective was to evaluate the experience of visitors to this pinniped colony. We used questionnaires to determine the information used by tourists and to analyse their attitudes towards the colony conservation. To validate questionnaires, we also conducted direct observations of the tourist-pinniped interactions. Less than 15% of tourists received information, which was provided by local people. Most tourists saw the rookery as an important touristic attraction. There was total consensus about the requirement for wildlife information. Despite the lack of active supervision, most people behaved properly and complied with conservation measures: the probability that a tourist crossed the fence during a visit was only 0.002 (17 crosses in 902 hours). This positive attitude is possible related to the fact that tourists in Cabo Polonio, accept the discomfort of living without social commodities and welcome the closeness with nature. It is expected that most people will have a spontaneous predisposition to take care of nature.
Fil: Tuneu Corral, Carme. Universidad de Barcelona; España
Fil: Szteren, Diana. Universidad de la República; Uruguay
Fil: Cassini, Marcelo Hernan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Luján; Argentina
description Cabo Polonio (Uruguay) is a popular but atypical centre for beach vacations, because tourists spend days without electricity, running water and vehicle. There is a continental pinniped colony that acts as secondary attraction, but there is not direct control over tourist visits to the rookery. Our objective was to evaluate the experience of visitors to this pinniped colony. We used questionnaires to determine the information used by tourists and to analyse their attitudes towards the colony conservation. To validate questionnaires, we also conducted direct observations of the tourist-pinniped interactions. Less than 15% of tourists received information, which was provided by local people. Most tourists saw the rookery as an important touristic attraction. There was total consensus about the requirement for wildlife information. Despite the lack of active supervision, most people behaved properly and complied with conservation measures: the probability that a tourist crossed the fence during a visit was only 0.002 (17 crosses in 902 hours). This positive attitude is possible related to the fact that tourists in Cabo Polonio, accept the discomfort of living without social commodities and welcome the closeness with nature. It is expected that most people will have a spontaneous predisposition to take care of nature.
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