02027nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001653002400042653001000066653001300076653001300089653002400102653001200126100001600138700001700154700001700171700001900188700001500207700001900222700002000241700002100261700001700282700001800299245007100317856015400388520117500542022002001717                                       d10aintangible heritage10aMalta10aPortugal10aScotland10asustainable tourism10athreats1 aMargarida y1 aJordi Macias1 aSteve Taylor1 aLaura Ferguson1 aLisa Sousa1 aMachiel Lamers1 aWesley Flannery1 aFilomena Martins1 aCarlos Costa1 aCristina Pita00aTourism and coastal \& maritime cultural heritage: a dual relation  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85130909507&doi=10.1080%2f14766825.2022.2073825&partnerID=40&md5=a60f9cfed39af45537ee81548d284f8d3 aCoastal and Maritime Cultural Heritage (CMCH) is an important asset in coastal areas. However, this heritage has been exposed to several environmental and human-created threats. This paper presents three European coastal regions with relevant CMCH and important tourism destinations: Ria de Aveiro (Portugal), the Small Isles (Scotland, UK) and Marsaxlokk (Malta). The paper draws attention to the challenges to CMCH they face, the dynamics between tourism and CMCH and provides recommendations for sustainable tourism exploitation of CMCH. A comparative case-study approach was undertaken, based on 41 semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders. Findings unveil that, despite the different demographics, socioeconomics and importance of tourism in each location, CMCH is seen as an important element to consider as tourism destination. Stakeholders identified economic, sociocultural and environmental0 dynamics between tourism and CMCH with positive and negative impacts on the regions. This study provides guidelines and recommendations that can be used as a reference to define a joint policy response for sustainable exploitation of CMCH in a tourism context.  a14766825 (ISSN)