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BRTNICKÝ, M. PECINA, V. VAŠINOVÁ GALIOVÁ, M. PROKEŠ, L. ZVĚŘINA, O. JUŘIČKA, D. KLIMÁNEK, M. KYNICKÝ, J.
Original Title
The impact of tourism on extremely visited volcanic island: Link between environmental pollution and transportation modes
Type
journal article in Web of Science
Language
English
Original Abstract
The enormous tourism boom raises concern about possible negative environmental impacts worldwide. One of the risks posed by tourism may be heavy metal pollution. On the example of the volcanic island of Santorini, a popular tourist destination, pollution of soils categorized according to the tourism load was monitored. Significant anthropogenic contamination by heavy metals, especially Cu, Cr and Pb, was found out. This contamination may constitute a moderate ecological risk to the island ecosystems. Tourism has been shown to be a significant pollution factor as evidenced by the contaminated soils near the airport. Simultaneously, airport traffic has been proved to be an important emitter of Co, Cr and especially Zn. The comparison with other volcanic islands has shown that on Santorini the content of heavy metals in soils is significantly lower, despite frequently higher tourism intensity. On this basis, it can be concluded that in case of volcanic islands the dominant factor determining the content of heavy metals in the soil is the parent rock. Given high and ever-increasing intensity of tourism on the island, it can be assumed that soil contamination will continue to rise rapidly. Therefore, without proper steps reducing tourism, increase in soil degradation, growing negative impacts on local ecosystems as well as on the quality of produced wine can be expected on Santorini.
Keywords
Overtourism, Santorini, Airport, Traffic, Ecological risk, Destination management
Authors
BRTNICKÝ, M.; PECINA, V.; VAŠINOVÁ GALIOVÁ, M.; PROKEŠ, L.; ZVĚŘINA, O.; JUŘIČKA, D.; KLIMÁNEK, M.; KYNICKÝ, J.
Released
1. 6. 2020
ISBN
1879-1298
Periodical
CHEMOSPHERE
Year of study
249
Number
1
State
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Pages from
Pages to
9
Pages count
URL
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653520303118?via%3Dihub
BibTex
@article{BUT162068, author="Martin {Brtnický} and Václav {Pecina} and Michaela {Vašinová Galiová} and Lubomír {Prokeš} and Ondřej {Zvěřina} and David {Juřička} and Martin {Klimánek} and Jindřich {Kynický}", title="The impact of tourism on extremely visited volcanic island: Link between environmental pollution and transportation modes", journal="CHEMOSPHERE", year="2020", volume="249", number="1", pages="1--9", doi="10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126118", issn="1879-1298", url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653520303118?via%3Dihub" }