Learning from overtourism; new tourism policy for the city of Rotterdam

Nientied, Peter; Toto, Rudina

doi:10.1080/17535069.2020.1748343

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“…It should be emphasized that the problems of excessive tourism were relatively quite well identified in Kraków before COVID-19 [64,66,69] and had previously prompted the city authorities to seek new solutions to balance social and tourism needs. Such activities were quite popular among European cities [112] on the eve of the pandemic. Most focused on searching for a more sustainable way of managing tourism in the city (including the challenges of new phenomena such as a sharing economy in tourism).…”

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confidence: 99%

How a Tourism City Responds to COVID-19: A CEE Perspective (Kraków Case Study)

2021

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Academic papers on the COVID-19 pandemic and tourism adopt the perspective of strengthening tourism resilience or recognize the ongoing crisis as an opportunity for reflection and the need to redefine tourism development strategies. This article examines these issues using the example of Kraków, a tourism city that, on the eve of the pandemic outbreak, was experiencing symptoms of overtourism. Using a case study approach, the authors illustrate the strategies applied at the city level, as well as the range of measures and actions used to support the tourism industry during the full pandemic year. The Kraków case shows that the pandemic time can be used to reorganize relations between local tourism stakeholders and to create a new formula for a tourism city in the so-called ‘new normal’. In addition, the exploratory case study allows for the formulation of research problems for further work on tourism cities responses to COVID-19. This can focus on a revision of the tourist offer and profile; the role of culture and the accompanying technology-facilitated innovations; the continuation of ‘being-a-tourist-in-your-own-city’, as promoted in the pandemic; tourists’ reactions to introduced changes; and shaping (new) relations between tourism stakeholders in the (post)pandemic city.

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How a Tourism City Responds to COVID-19: A CEE Perspective (Kraków Case Study)

2021

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“…Research interest in Rotterdam's tourism is fairly recent, namely since tourist numbers started to increase after around 2010 and Rotterdam received international recognition as a 'cool' city. The contributions of Nientied (2021), Nieuwland and Lavange (2020), and Nientied and Toto (2020) give a background for Rotterdam's tourism. Tourists come to Rotterdam to visit the harbour or the zoo, to see the architecture, to experience a 'cool' culture, to enjoy festivals and sports, and some because so many people go to Amsterdam and they want something different.…”

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“…Rotterdam presented a new tourism policy in 2020, just before COVID-19, called 'As a guest in Rotterdam, a new perspective on tourism' (Gemeente Rotterdam, 2020). The policy is meant to better focus Rotterdam's economic, social, landscape, and cultural resources on specific types of visitors that align with Rotterdam's broader policy aims (Nientied and Toto, 2020). The tourism policy, which is a vision document rather than a policy one with a clear implementation strategy, deals with 4 themes, as shown in Table 2.…”

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Planning for sustainable city tourism in the Netherlands

Nientied¹,

Toto

2022

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The purpose of this paper is to examine policies and planning for sustainable city tourism in Amsterdam and Rotterdam and relate them to the notions of ‘tourism reset’ that emerged during the COVID pandemic period. Amsterdam is a prime European tourist city and has been suffering from problems associated with overtourism. Rotterdam receives much less tourists and can be seen as an emerging tourist city. Both cities have recently adopted new tourism policies, essentially future tourism visions. The case of Amsterdam and to a lesser extent that of Rotterdam show that formulating and agreeing on a tourism policy vision is easier than the decision-making process and implementing a vision. The instruments and powers of local government to manage the quantity and qualities of tourism are limited. Overtourism problems have stimulated carrying capacity thinking, which is considered inadequate for a multi-faceted problem like urban tourism.

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“…The latter word is also used for branding tourism, Rotterdam wants to attract "do-rists", visitors who engage in culture, innovation, congresses, study, etc., rather than the tourists looking for the urban gaze. This serves Rotterdam's development objectives (Nientied & Toto, 2020).…”

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Social Urban Identity Formation and Local Government

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Aliaj²,

Stachowiak-Bongwa³

2022

CUS

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The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the issue of whether city governments could or should be engaged in (social) urban identity formation. From a functional angle, social urban identity formation can help to gain loyalty and pro-social and environmental behaviour. Earlier and current research on urban identity and urban development in three quite different cities, Rotterdam, Szczecin, and Tirana, informs our reflection. The city cases are described in terms of urban development and social urban identity. The paper concludes that social urban identity formation can be helpful in cities, but there is a risk of political control over urban symbols and narratives. Topics for future research are identified.

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Learning from overtourism; new tourism policy for the city of Rotterdam

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

How a Tourism City Responds to COVID-19: A CEE Perspective (Kraków Case Study)

How a Tourism City Responds to COVID-19: A CEE Perspective (Kraków Case Study)

Planning for sustainable city tourism in the Netherlands

Social Urban Identity Formation and Local Government

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