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It is now well known that mass tourism can have negative impacts on the environment as well as on host populations. In response to this fact, sustainable tourism has emerged and developed. But we know very little regarding the French people attitude towards this concept. In order to improve this knowledge, the paper aims at better understanding the different degrees of agreement of French people, which types of sustainable tourism are the easiest to implement as well as who are sustainable tourists. In order to do so, a survey has been conducted on 545 respondents. It allows to identify and to characterize 5 categories of people., Des constats des méfaits du tourisme de masse sur l'environnement et les populations d'accueil est née l'idée d'un tourisme plus conforme aux principes du développement durable. Cependant, l'information manque concernant l'attitude des français face à ces pratiques. Cet article a pour objectif d'étudier les attitudes des consommateurs français vis-à-vis du tourisme durable et plus précisément, de mieux connaître leur degré d'adhésion, de savoir quelles sont les formes les plus faciles à mettre en œuvre et d'identifier les touristes enclins à pratiquer cette forme de tourisme. Une enquête sur 545 répondants permet de définir 5 classes d'individus et de les caractériser.

This paper aims to present a project convened by the University of Genoa and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), in collaboration with Local Authorities, concerning the development of tools for beach management in the Riviera del Beigua (Liguria Region, Italy). The aim of the first step of the project is to assess the environmental state of resort beaches examining them interdisciplinary, through a data analysis based on a sound understanding of the components of the physical and the human system. The following step will be the treatment of the data, through the use of various instruments, which use a synthesis analysis, such as the traditional SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis, and the use of a set of environmental and socio-economic indicators. Finally, our ultimate target is to propose guidelines, which will supply an instrument to back up policies concerning beach planning and management.