Fragmentos de identidad insular: paisaje y cultura local como herramientas para la planificación turística de Agaete y Alghero

The mass tourism development that takes place in Spain and Italy since the mid-twentieth century makes for a fundamental economic boost in insular territories as Gran Canaria or Sardinia, but it also leads to problems such as an intense urbanization process, the landscape degradation or an excessive influence on the local communities. Therefore, this thesis seeks to set the landscape and heritage values of coastal, non-touristic origin areas at the center of a methodology that aims to a new and complementary tourism model for the cases of study, Agaete and Alghero. Thus, the analysis of construction logics of the territory and the landscape, the cataloging of the historical heritage and the study of the local history enable the definition of some narrative paths capable of interpreting and putting in value the elements that best represent the local identity. This approach helps to extend the tourist interest from the coast to the inland, reducing the problems of tourist pressure suffered by the coast and putting in value the important agricultural areas of both cases of study.