Attitudes of residents towards tourism. The case of Benalmadena, Spain

Tourism is consumed in the place of production causing a series of impacts. These effects caused by tourism can be perceived positively or negatively by residents. The objective of this study is to analyze the attitude of the residents from the impacts of tourism in the town of Benalmádena, Spanish town that is located within the Costa del Sol. We used a quantitative methodology and we have carried out an extensive survey of 770 residents. Information has been collected through questionnaires and there have been exploratory and ANOVA analysis. The results are: the economic benefits are the most important elements sought and valued by the local population. However, they also recognize the negative effects of this dimension, in the same way as with the socio-cultural and environmental impacts.This study is to analyze the attitude of the residents from the impacts of tourism in the town of Benalmádena, Spanish. This is a mature destination framed in a pattern of sun and beach in 2012 has a total of 10,885 hotel places. Benalmádena tourism has a significant oscillation throughout the year, peaking in the months of July to September and the minimum between December and February.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Rubella in pregnancy

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Profile of residents: attitude towards tourism in Benalmádena (Costa del Sol, Spain)

Tourism development and evolution along the time causes multiple impacts. Based on characteristic profiles of resident, these impacts may be assessed differently. The attitude of residents and the identification of profiles is a tool that allows to asses the status of destination and propose future strategies for improving the destination. This study aims to analyse the role of residents regarding the perception of tourism.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. Así mismo, Esta investigación ha sido subvencionada por el programa Nacional de Investigación Básica 2012, CS2010-30840. "Geografías de la crisis: analisis urbano turístico de las Islas Baleares, Costa del Sol y principales destinos en el Caribe

Residents´ perceptions of tourism development in Benalmádena (Spain)

DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.11.007This study examines the residents´ perceptions of the impact of tourism in Benalmádena, and the profiles of the residents according to socio-demographic characteristics. A questionnaire assessed how these characteristics influence the residents' perceptions towards the environment, economy, and socio-cultural aspects. The survey was administered to a stratified sample of 770 residents in Benalmádena. Results show a significant effect of socio-demographic variables on perception of tourism impact. The educational background, place of birth and how long respondents had been living in the community explain a significant amount of the variance in overall attitudes. Interaction analyses revealed that place of birth moderated the relationship between the tourism dimensions and the years of residence. For instance, the respondents with less than five years of residence showed more positive attitude towards the impact of tourism. We offer a profile of these residents according to their perceptions of the impact of tourism in their community.This research has received funding from the Spanish Government, Fundamental Research Program (R+D) (CSO2012-30840), “Geographies of crisis: analysis of urban and tourist territories of the Balearic Islands, Costa del Sol and main tourist destinations of the Caribbean and Central America”. Andalucia Tech, Universidad de Málaga, Spain

Evaluation of suitability areas for ecotourism using multi-criteria analysis. The case of central Serbian viticultural region

The authors participated equally in the development of this researchTourism in the wine region of Central Serbia has been gaining more and more affirmation in recent years. This wine destination offers to tourists a rich wine culture and recreation. Also, as a special supplement to wine tourism, ecotourism is especially promoted, in combination with quality wines with geographical origin. The basic analysis of this study is to identify potential locations for ecotourism activities in the wine region of Central Serbia based on physical-geographical elements (topography, altitude, slope, land use / coverage, diversity, distance from rivers) and socio-economic data (proximity to tourist attractions, distance from major roads and places). The integration of the Geographic Information System (GIS) and the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) greatly facilitates the decision-making process in the assessment of ecotourism activities. As a result of this paper, a map of benefits for the development of ecotourism potentials was highlighted. Very high potential is shown by forest areas that can play a key role in tourism but are not fully used. This analysis helps in two ways: the promotion of ecotourism and viticultural destinations. In particular, in the assessment and implementation for local communities to identify tourism as an opportunity for economic development.This research was funded by the projects: “New strategies for new tourist conflicts in Andalusian historic centres”, Andalusian FEDER Operational Program (UMA20-FEDERJA- 005), Spain, and “Residents versus tourists in Andalusian historic centres? Conflicts, strategies and new post-Covid scenarios” (P20_01198) financed by the Andalusian Plan for Research, Development and Innovation (PAIDI 2020), Spain

Identification of redundant and synergetic circuits in triplets of electrophysiological data

Neural systems are comprised of interacting units, and relevant information regarding their function or malfunction can be inferred by analyzing the statistical dependencies between the activity of each unit. Whilst correlations and mutual information are commonly used to characterize these dependencies, our objective here is to extend interactions to triplets of variables to better detect and characterize dynamic information transfer. Our approach relies on the measure of interaction information (II). The sign of II provides information as to the extent to which the interaction of variables in triplets is redundant (R) or synergetic (S). Here, based on this approach, we calculated the R and S status for triplets of electrophysiological data recorded from drug-resistant patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in order to study the spatial organization and dynamics of R and S close to the epileptogenic zone (the area responsible for seizure propagation). In terms of spatial organization, our results show that R matched the epileptogenic zone while S was distributed more in the surrounding area. In relation to dynamics, R made the largest contribution to high frequency bands (14-100Hz), whilst S was expressed more strongly at lower frequencies (1-7Hz). Thus, applying interaction information to such clinical data reveals new aspects of epileptogenic structure in terms of the nature (redundancy vs. synergy) and dynamics (fast vs. slow rhythms) of the interactions. We expect this methodology, robust and simple, can reveal new aspects beyond pair-interactions in networks of interacting units in other setups with multi-recording data sets (and thus, not necessarily in epilepsy, the pathology we have approached here).Comment: 31 pages, 6 figures, 3 supplementary figures. To appear in the Journal of Neural Engineering in its current for

Torremolinos, análisis de la transformación urbana y hotelera

El municipio de Torremolinos constituye uno de los espacios pioneros en la implantación del turismo masivo de sol y playa en la Costa del Sol malagueña. Mediante este trabajo se analiza desde un punto de vista temporal la evolución experimentada en el crecimiento urbano de Torremolinos y relacionar dicha evolución con la implantación de una importante planta hotelera que ha contribuido de forma significativa a transformar el municipio.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Crecimiento turístico y crisis en la Costa del Sol

En esta comunicación analiza la relación que se ha establecido entre la actividad turística de la Costa del Sol y la crisis económica iniciada en España en el 2008. Este estudio trata de contrastar las características del sector y del espacio turístico durante el período de crisis económica con las posibles consecuencias en el crecimiento urbanístico y demográfico. Para ello, se analizan algunos indicadores turísticos y socioeconómicos relevantes. Como conclusiones hay que destacar que la oferta de alojamiento se ha mantenido o crecido en los años de crisis, así como los ingresos hoteleros, mientras que se ha visto más afectado el empleo, el flujo migratorio se ha frenado, así como la creación de viviendasUniversidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Tourist Spaces and Tourism Policy in Spain and Portugal

The territorial and geographical factor plays a key role in the development of tourist destinations. The territory and its resources are those that provide identity to the destinations. But tourism resources are not distributed equitably, so that tourism tends to create territorial imbalances. This is explained by the close relationship between tourism and territorial resources (beaches, landscape, heritage, etc.) and the duty to use these resources in the own tourism destination. This study analyses the relationships between tourism, tourism resources and regional imbalances in Spain and Portugal. There are few comparative studies between tourism policy and territorial processes in Spain and Portugal. This is one of the contributions of this study.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Mumps resurgence in Prisons of Costa Rica

Introducción: A pesar de poseer poblaciones altamente vacunadas, se siguen presentando brotes y Costa Rica no es la excepción, tras 20 años de relativa calma, se presenta un brote sin precedentes en centros penitenciarios de todo el país. Métodos: Se realiza un estudio descriptivo de serie de casos/control, de personas masculinas privadas de libertad, relacionado con el brote de parotiditis, durante 65 días, observado en el Centro de Atención Institucional (CAI) Carlos Luis Fallas (CLF) y Unidad de Atención Integral (UAI) 20 de diciembre de 1979, en el período correspondiente del 22 de agosto al 25 de octubre del 2019, ambos centros ubicados en Punta Riel, del distrito de Roxana, Cantón de Pococí, Provincia de Limón. Discusión: El virus de la parotiditis es un miembro de la familia del Paramixoviridae, del género Rubulavirus, es una enfermedad viral aguda, caracterizada por fiebre, edema y sensibilidad de las glándulas salivales principalmente la parótida, con un período prodrómico muy inespecífico. Se trasmite por gotitas respiratorias y contacto con fómites contaminados. El período promedio de incubación es de 12 a 25 días. Conclusiones: Se evidencia respecto a los datos obtenidos, una población susceptible a padecer parotiditis clínica (25-30 años), por tanto la vacunación de los mismos en etapas tempranas del brote, asociado a la convivencia cercana con personas que probablemente tuvieron contacto con la cepa salvaje, una menor densidad poblacional, además de medidas estrictas de prevención e higiene, parecen ser determinantes claves que influyeron en la cantidad de casos reportados en el CAI CLF en contraparte con la UAI 20 de diciembre de 1979. La Amilasa sérica en el contexto de parotiditis clínica, parece ser una prueba promisoria. Es recomendable el uso de una tercera dosis de SRP previo al ingreso a los centros penitenciarios del país independientemente del esquema de vacunación previo. En el contexto del brote, la aplicación de una tercera dosis de SRP, parece ser segura y eficaz ya que no hubo reportes de efectos adversos de importancia, y tras 21 días posterior a la vacunación a gran escala se evidencia el descenso en la aparición de casos nuevos.Introduction: Despite a highly vaccinated population, outbreaks still occur, Costa Rica is no exception. After 20 years of relative calm, an unprecedented outbreak occurs in penitentiaries around the country. Methods: A serial descriptive study related to the outbreak of mumps observed in the “Centro de Atención Institucional” (CAI), “Carlos Luis Fallas” (CLF) and “Unidad de Atención Integral 20 de diciembre de 1979” (UAI) is conducted, lasting 65 days. The study ran from august 22td, 2019, to October 25th, 2019. Both facilities located in “Punta Riel” in the Roxana district, Pococí county, Limón province. Discussion: The parotiditis virus is a member of the Paramixoviridae family, of the Rubulavirus gender. This virus causes an acute viral disease, characterized by fever, edema and sensitivity in the salivary glands, mainly the parotid with a very unspecified prodromal period. It’s transmitted by small respiratory droplets and contact with contaminated fomites. The average incubation period is 12 to 25 days. Conclusions: The obtained data makes a susceptible population to contracting clinical parotiditis evident. The described population ranges from 25 to 30 years in age. Early outbreak vaccination, cohabiting with individuals exposed to contact with the wild strain, a low-density population and strict hygiene precaution measures seem to be key determinants that influenced the quantity of cases reported in the CAI and CLF compared to those in the UAI. The serum amylase in the context of the clinical parotiditis, seems to be a promising test with high sensitivity and specificity. The use of a third dose of SRP previous to admission to a penitentiary center is recommended, independently of the previous vaccination records. In the context of the outbreak, the administration of the third dose of SRP seems to be safe and efficient, there are no reports of important side effects. Following 20 days after the administration of SRP at grand scale a decent in the appearance of new cases is evident. Key words: Mumps, Mumps Vaccine, Disease Outbreaks, Prisons, Amylases