Tourist-recreational demand and public use equipment in protected natural monuments: The “Cueva de los Murciélagos” in the natural park Sierras Subbéticas (Cordoba, Spain)

Abstract

For the management of tourist-recreational flows in protected natural areas, environmental planning and promotion of local development, the characterization of visitors is basic and when they do not have it, as the space studied, this planning suffers from deficiencies and its heritage resources and public use equipment are underutilized and do not always respond to demand expectations. The approach that is made in this paper to the characterization of this in this protected natural space tries to guide its territorial and sectoral policies with impact on nature tourism and its necessary compatibility with the conservation of the natural heritage that serves as support and qualification.