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Tourism is an important industry within the economic activities of the commune of Fort-de-France (Martinique) and the tourist development of its city center. This development requires new proposals for strategic development and management of its tourist resources with a vision towards a viable future. This paper proposes a theoretical-practical instrument to classify and evaluate tourism resources of said center based on existing models. This instrument points to sustainable development of the area within short-, médium- and long-term time planning. Its application allowed the verification and validation of the instruments to evaluate the potential and real tourist territorial resources, with the panel of transdisciplinary actors. We contrast pertinent variables with the actual condition of Fort-de-France as a starting point for effective change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The settlement of Puerto de Boniato, in the region of Santiago de Cuba, presents a scenic site. Yet, in recent years the area's environmental qualities have deteriorated, especially those of its natural landscape, something which has affected the quality of life of the inhabitants as well as the influx of tourists to the existing recreation center. This study is based on a diagnosis and evaluation ofthe area's environmental qualities and the potential of its rural landscape for tourism, with a view to proposing a strategy for sustainable environmental management. It draws up a preliminary proposal for the environmental management of the settlement concerned and its surroundings. The preliminary design scheme proposed here has been based on a consideration of the concepts of environment, sustainability and environmental quality, with the aim of improving the quality of life of the settlement's rural inhabitants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]