REFUGEE ROUTES AND COMMON RESOURCE POOLS IN TOURISM AREAS: THE CASE OF LESVOS ISLAND, GREECE

Ioanna Simeli; Apostolos Tsagaris; Athanasios Manitsaris

doi:10.26215/tourismos.v11i5.508

Ioanna Simeli

PhD candidate at University of Macedonia, Department of of Applied Informatics, 156 Egnatia Street, GR-546 36 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Apostolos Tsagaris

PostDoctoral Student. at University of Macedonia, Department of of Applied Informatics, 156 Egnatia Street, GR-546 36 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Athanasios Manitsaris

Professor. at University of Macedonia, Department of of Applied Informatics, 156 Egnatia Street, GR-546 36 Thessaloniki, Greece

Keywords

UAV, CPR, Tourism, Refugee Crisis, Sustainable Tourism

Abstract

Lesvos is a Greek island that during 2015 experienced the largest refugee crisis the country has ever witnessed. Refugees arriving to the island in groups totalling over 1.000.000 passed through the island. The current project using a UAV sought to identify the routes of refugees passing through tourism areas of the island and the possible impact these routes had on the development of these areas. Furthermore, the preservation of the common pool resources of these areas is a vital issue for the well being of local communities and the enchancement of their spirit of welcoming the refugees. An automated system used to inform local authorities about areas polluted by the mass movement of people is presented in this paper.

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