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VISTAwards Spotlight on Irresponsible Tourism - Algarve International Race Track
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VISTAS Spotlight on Irresponsible Tourism Form - Algarve International Racetrack.pdf
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| Upload date | 02 Mar 2014 |
| Contributor | Gordon Sillence |
| Country | Portugal |
| Keywords | unsustainable tourism, |
| Topics | Destination Management , Climate Change - Energy and Resource Efficiency , Natural Heritage & Biodiversity , Human Rights & Labour Rights , Travel, Transport & Mobility |
| Target groups | Destinations , NGOs, Partnerships, Networks , Governments & Administrations |
| Release date | 01/03/2014 |
The Autrodromo Internacionale do Algarve race track, development park and tourism resort have been built in the buffer zone of a Natura 2000 area, in prime Iberian lynx and Bonelli’s eagle habitat, mainly to fulfil the wishes of a small consortium of local business people, rather than through any sustainability land management process. The business has been operating without having implemented key aspects of noise reduction design features, which means the events exceed legal noise limits and can be heard in a 10km radius, depending on wind direction, disturbing an estimated 5000 plus residents in the vicinity. There is a process of green-washing the project going on, with alternative energy investments being used to provide a sustainability cloak to otherwise economically, environmentally and socially irresponsible, elitist construction, leisure and tourism businesses.
