This Executive Summary presents the structure and findings of the evaluation of the Methodological Framework for Sustainable Coastal and Maritime Tourism, based on pilot field surveys conducted in Rhodes, Dubrovnik, and Corfu. The evaluation employed a multi-level research methodology combining interviews, focus groups, interactive stakeholder consultation, and quantitative surveys, in collaboration with key stakeholders and public data providers.
The findings confirm that the proposed framework has a strong conceptual foundation, while demonstrating that its main challenge lies not in the relevance of the indicators but in their operational feasibility and the availability of reliable data. The evaluation led to significant improvements, including the revision of the indicator system, the proposal of a new classification of maritime tourism, the strengthening of the governance dimension, and the introduction of an indicator maturity classification based on operational readiness.

Overall, the study concludes that, through the institutionalization of stable data flows, stronger cooperation with data providers, and the continuous refinement of the indicators, the Methodological Framework can become a reliable, comparable, and operational tool for monitoring sustainable coastal and maritime tourism and supporting evidence-based policy and destination management.