ECOTOURISM AND NATURE-BASED TOURISM SECTOR ASSESSMENT IN TENERIFE ISLAND AND MAURITANIA PROTECTED AREAS AND DOUBLE DESTINATION PRODUCTS FEASIBILITY STUDY –SPAIN AND MAURITANIA
CLIENT: Tourism, Internationalization and Exterior Action Area of the Government of Tenerife Government of Tenerife
Funding: Project MAC/4.6C/151, 85% funded by FEDER Funds (European Union)
Dates: January 2019- June 2019
SUMMARY: HIDRIA carried out an assessment of the ecotourism and nature-based tourism sector in the Teno Rural Park, Anaga Rural Park, Teide National Park at Tenerife, and in the Banc D’Arguin National Park and Diawling National Park of Mauritania, and analyzed the feasibility of double- destination products, with the aim of understanding and evaluating the current and potential ecotourism market.
For this purpose, the following actions were carried out:
- Tourist resources and ecotourism market study.
- Ecotourism offer assessment in the protected areas.
- Design and production of an Action Plan for the development of the National Parks of Mauritania.
- Assessment and proposal of double-destination ecotourism products between Mauritania and Tenerife Island.