Developed by the EU-funded Destimed project, a mapping tool has been created to identify ecological vulnerability to tourism in the Mediterranean Sea. This includes a number of indicators specific to boating and nautical tourism, such as moorings per km of coastline, marinas influence area, and pleasure craft traffic. These indicators can be combined on the map with other key data, such as Marine Protected Areas, activity of other tourism sectors, and biodiversity. The tool can be of use to policy-making and scientific deliberations at local, regional and European level.

The mapping tool can be found here.