The overall objective of the research project was to devise and improve methods for the implementation of sustainable tourism management through the use of carrying capacity indicators at a destination level and thereby to facilitate government and tourism business managers in making more informed decisions. The research comprises of three stands (1) inventory and analysis of Quantifiable dimensions - ecology, economic structure and physical structure. (2) analysis of the qualitative perspectives - local community, visitors and political structures and (3) the actual development of the carrying capacity model. This is toward the development of an integrated management model for the mitigation of tourism impacts. The research developed a model of indicators for sustainable tourism indicators which are available in the full report. Following the extensive iterative process of indicator evaluation 33 key indicators which were seen to be relevant, available, meaningful, fresh, sensitive, reliable, comparable, and normative were created. This is the DIT-ACHIEV Model for Sustainable Tourism. Several recommendations are made at the end of the work - the need for a more coodinated data management effort amongst the numerous public, private and voluntary organisations. There are problems regarding access and availability of data at the correct scale and range for indicator development. Local managers need to identify the hot-spots (area specific pressures of importance) and set objectives based on these.

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=51
Resource Keywords	Toursim, Sustainability, Indicators, Tipperary, Lough Derg, ecological
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	2004-SD-M2-21
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Socio-Economics
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
Limitations on the use of this Resource	In any 3rd party usage of material or findings from this report - all of the authors should be correctly cited. An example of a citation is shown below.
Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	1
Project Start Date	Monday 2nd August 2004 (02-08-2004)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Monday 2nd August 2004 (02-08-2004)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Monday 2nd October 2006 (02-10-2006)
Published on SAFER	Friday 7th December 2007 (07-12-2007)
Date of Last Edit	Friday 7th December 2007 at 11:09:05 (07-12-2007)
Datasets or Files Updated On	Friday 7th December 2007 at 10:58:08 (07-12-2007)

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Tipperary Lakeside, Lough Derg. North Tipperary is an inland county located in the mid-west region of Ireland. It is predominantly rural dominated by low-lying agricultural grasslands in the central plains, the Silvermines and Devil's Bit Mountains in the north and the Arra Mountains in the west. The principal industries in the county are agriculture, forestry and tourism. The administrative capital is Nenagh. The specific focus of this study is the Tipperary Lakeside Lough Derg Area. The population of the western area is 7,449 which is a growth of 17.5 per cent since 1991, compared with 5.3 per cent increase in North Tipperary as a whole.

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