Sustainable Tourism Development on La Digue Island, Republic of Seychelles Transdisciplinary methods for sustainable solutions in a tropical paradise

..................................................................................................................................1 Acknowledgement..................................................................................................................2 List of abbreviations ..............................................................................................................7 A. Introduction.....................................................................................................................8 A1 Background.............................................................................................................8 A2 Objective .................................................................................................................9 A3 Structure of the study ..........................................................................................11 B. The Seychelles islands ................................................................................................12 B1 General information..............................................................................................12 B2 Tourism in the Seychelles ...................................................................................16 B2.1 International situation..........................................................................................16 B2.2 Tourism as a main economic factor....................................................................17 B2.3 Project area ........................................................................................................19 B2.3.1 General Information ....................................................................................19 B2.3.2 Natural environment....................................................................................23 B2.3.3 Tourism on La Digue Island ........................................................................24 C. Methods.........................................................................................................................26 C1 Proceeding ............................................................................................................26 C2 Scenario analysis .................................................................................................27 C2.1 The methodology in brief ....................................................................................27 C2.2 The nine steps of the formative scenario analysis..............................................28 C2.2.1 Goal definition .............................................................................................29 C2.2.2 System Characteristics ...............................................................................29 C2.2.3 Impact factors .............................................................................................29 C2.2.4 Impact matrix ..............................................................................................30 C2.2.5 Evaluation ...................................................................................................30 C2.2.6 Characteristic levels of the impact factors ..................................................32 C2.2.7 Consistency analysis ..................................................................................32 C2.2.8 Scenario Construction.................................................................................33 Workshop: valuation of the impact factors and the scenarios ....................................33 C2.2.9 Scenario assessment..................................................................................34 C3 Scenario evaluation (MAUT) ................................................................................34 C3.1 The methodology in brief ....................................................................................35 C3.2 Criteria and attributes .........................................................................................36 C3.3 Data based evaluation (MAUT I) ........................................................................37 C3.4 Stakeholder-based evaluation (MAUT II)............................................................38 D. Results...........................................................................................................................40 D1 Scenario analysis .................................................................................................40 D1.1 Goal definition.....................................................................................................40 D1.2 System characteristics........................................................................................41 D1.2.1 SWOT .........................................................................................................41 D1.2.2 Economic characterisation..........................................................................43 D1.2.3 Ecological characterisation .........................................................................44 D1.2.4 Social characterisation................................................................................49 D1.2.5 Infrastructural facilities ................................................................................50