Water as a Tourist Resource in Extremadura: Assessment of Its Attraction Capacity and Approximation to the Tourist Profile
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Thank you for the opportunity of reviewing this interesting article. It addresses a topic of high importance for the sustainable development of tourism and with potential interest for readers.
The article present the results of a complex research and it has merit. The structure could be improved and I suggest the following revisions:
The first part, called Introduction, includes more issues than usually an Introduction does. Consequently I suggest either to split the Introduction into a brief Introduction and a second part as Theoretical overview/Literature etc., or to change the title from Introduction to Overview or similar.
The final part should include not only conclusions but also policy/practical/managerial implications.
Finally, I have to mention that the very rich data are quite simplistic processed, I think the data could be much more exploited to generate more results.
Good luck!
Author Response
Dear Reviewer:
Thanks for your comments.
We try to respond to them.
Reviewer: The first part, called Introduction, includes more issues than usually an Introduction does. Consequently I suggest either to split the Introduction into a brief Introduction and a second part as Theoretical overview/Literature etc., or to change the title from Introduction to Overview or similar.
Authors: The magazine's editorial line states that the introduction should briefly place the study in a broad context and highlight why it is important. It should define the purpose of the work and its significance. The current state of the research field should be reviewed carefully and key publications cited. Please highlight controversial and diverging hypotheses when necessary. Finally, briefly mention the main aim of the work and highlight the principal conclusions.
Reviewer: The final part should include not only conclusions but also policy/practical/managerial implications.
Authors: We believe that this issue is being studied in the discussion (lines 451-475).
Reviewer: Finally, I have to mention that the very rich data are quite simplistic processed, I think the data could be much more exploited to generate more results.
Authors: Indeed, it would be feasible to apply much more complex techniques (GWR, LISA, Hot Spot ...) but this would have different objectives than those that the article seeks.
Kind regards
Reviewer 2 Report
Dear Authors,
I found reading the manuscript interesting. The subject, concerning tourism in inland areas and, in particular, water as a tourist resource, is very timely.
The data are well presented and well support hypothesis, discussions and conclusions.
I just suggest a few minor revision (listed below) that can help improve reading.
line 26: remove Extremadura from keywords; it is redundant since it is already present in the title. Could be replaced with "inland areas" or "Spain"
line 80: after pools, replace the square bracket with the round bracket
line 131: I suggest introducing figure 1 here; it can help non-Spanish readers to visualize the area immediately and better. Consequently, the relative figure (Figure 1) must be moved before Table 1.
line 134: insert (Figure 1) after "Extremadura"
line 143: insert (Figure 1) after "Zafra"
line 153: "in contract"="in contrast"??
line 414: Replace "Their" with "the"
line 473: Is written: "There is a clear predominance of Spaniards over visitors from other countries"; however no word is spent in the previous text regarding foreign visitors (what percentage compared to the Spanish?). You might think of providing some information, even briefly, about this in the section 2.1. The case under study.
line 531: delete "13"
Figure 2: correct in this figure "geostatic al analysis"
Table 9: In my opinion a table is inappropriate to report a simple list of inhabited centers (in alphabetical order?), with no other value. You should consider the possibility of entering other data (number of nights for the centers reported? or other?) to give greater meaning to the table.
Table 11: as for table 9...Are the municipalities listed in order of attractiveness? You can add some data for each listed municipality?
Author Response
Dear Reviewer:
Thanks for your comments.
We try to respond to them.
Reviewer: line 26: remove Extremadura from keywords; it is redundant since it is already present in the title. Could be replaced with "inland areas" or "Spain"
Authors: Keyword “Extremadura” has been replaced by “inland areas”
Reviewer: line 80: after pools, replace the square bracket with the round bracket
Authors: It has been replaced the square bracket with the round
Reviewer: line 131: I suggest introducing figure 1 here; it can help non-Spanish readers to visualize the area immediately and better. Consequently, the relative figure (Figure 1) must be moved before Table 1.
line 134: insert (Figure 1) after "Extremadura"
line 143: insert (Figure 1) after "Zafra"
Authors: Figure 1 has been moved to line 136
Reviewer: line 153: "in contract"="in contrast"??
Authors: The error has been corrected (line 161)
Reviewer: line 414: Replace "Their" with "the"
Authors: The error has been reemplaced (line 426)
Reviewer: line 473: Is written: "There is a clear predominance of Spaniards over visitors from other countries"; however no word is spent in the previous text regarding foreign visitors (what percentage compared to the Spanish?). You might think of providing some information, even briefly, about this in the section 2.1. The case under study.
Authors: Table 1 now includes domestic and foreign travelers. “National tourists predominate (83.5%) over foreigners (16.5%)" have also been added (lines 143-145)
Reviewer: line 531: delete "13"
Authors: It cannot be deleted since they are the pages of the article cited “pp. 3-13 ”
Reviewer: Figure 2: correct in this figure "geostatic al analysis"
Authors: In Figure 2 “Geostatistic al” has been replaced by “Geostatistical”
Reviewer: Table 9: In my opinion a table is inappropriate to report a simple list of inhabited centers (in alphabetical order?), with no other value. You should consider the possibility of entering other data (number of nights for the centers reported? or other?) to give greater meaning to the table.
Table 11: as for table 9...Are the municipalities listed in order of attractiveness? You can add some data for each listed municipality?
Authors: Tables 9 and 11 have added information about existing accommodation places. In addition, an appendix has been included that informs about the percentage of tourists who visit rivers, gorges and reservoirs in each origin-destination route (line 520). There is reference in the text on lines 353-356.
Kind regards
