Over-tourism and the fall of Venice as a destination

Séraphin, Hugues; Sheeran, Paul; Pilato, Manuela

doi:10.1016/j.jdmm.2018.01.011

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“…The Bureau has taken a similar stance in their tourism planning, prioritizing sustainable tourism development based on small groups and individual visitors (Tanabe City Kumano Tourism Bureau n.d.). These approaches seem reasonable as popular destinations in Japan such as Kyoto are already experiencing over-tourism and a resulting hostility towards tourism (Hagi 2017), following similar cases elsewhere (Seraphin, Sheeran and Pilato 2018). While simple numeric conceptions of carrying capacity have come under criticism (McCool and Lime 2001), developing effective coping strategies for tourism development is vital because hosts' attitudes towards visitors are a central part of any successful tourism product (Smith 1994).…”

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“…The present study, while exploratory in nature, contributes to the understanding of communities' perceptions of tourism impacts in pilgrimage trails, as well as to suggest potential alternatives towards a small scale, slower tourism development in the areas that capitalizes in the characteristics of pilgrimage tourism. This approach can be an alternative development strategy (Koens and Thomas 2015) in contrast to recent cases of over-tourism (Hagi 2017;Seraphin, Sheeran and Pilato 2018). As the residents seem to prefer an overall small development that favors close interactions with visitors, a balance in development may be of utmost importance for sustainable tourism policies.…”

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Residents’ Perceptions of Socio-Economic Impacts on Pilgrimage Trails: How does the community perceive pilgrimage tourism?

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Many of the studies on pilgrimage tourism have focused on aspects related to visitors, such as travel motivation, visitor experience or visitor typologies. However, it is also vital for tourism destination management to understand the local community's perceptions towards impacts brought by tourism. While some research has been conducted on the subject, the tourism impacts in communities along pilgrimage trails remain surprisingly under-researched. In order to contribute to this research gap, this study provides a qualitative approach on the host community's economic and social impacts of pilgrimage tourism. Analysis is made based on Krippendrof's categorization, which divides community members into four types based on their economic dependence on tourism activity. As a case study site, Chikatsuyu community, located along the pilgrimage routes of Kumano Kodo, is selected. Results show that, although economic impacts were regarded as comparatively minor, smallscale tourism was generally perceived as positive across the participants. In particular, the participants had an overall positive perception of social impacts. The presence of international tourists was welcomed across the four types of participants, who perceived them as polite, friendly and interesting because of the novelty they brought to their daily lives. Awareness towards tradition and its conservation, as well as an increase in events, were also positively influenced by tourism development. Almost no negative impacts were perceived by the participants. Finally, in comparison to other communities located along the pilgrimage route, the participants recognized that Chikatsuyu was less developed and received less benefits from tourism because of its location as a waypoint place. However, they were satisfied with the level of development achieved by Chikatsuyu and had no ill feelings towards more developed communities. The study's results have implications for tourism management on pilgrimage routes, especially for a sustainable development of it as locals favor smallscale growth rather than mass tourism.

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Residents’ Perceptions of Socio-Economic Impacts on Pilgrimage Trails: How does the community perceive pilgrimage tourism?

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“…The topics associated with "heritage" are as follows: sustainability; stakeholders; identity; culture; ecology; sustainability; corporate social responsibility; food; authenticity; identity; politics; tourist consumption; world heritage; local community; environment; and interpretation; lifestyle; attraction; experience; tourist motivation; nostalgia; interpretation; and thanatourism or dark tourism [23]. That said, research associating heritage with marketing is rather limited [2]. The same could be noted about research associating heritage/cultural tourism and OA.…”

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“…Overtourism also causes risks to the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage status of some destinations; negative impacts on the quality of life, loss of identity, etc. [2]. Finally, it is important to remember the crowding out effects between residents' and tourism needs related to high pressure on touristic destinations.…”

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Analysing the Mediating Effect of Heritage Between Locals and Visitors: An Exploratory Study Using Mission Patrimoine as a Case Study

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The connection among firms and tourists within cultural tourism clusters (CTC) is particularly strong in historical and World Heritage Cities destinations due to the ability of these destinations to contribute to the development of social capital (SC). This ability is explained from the fact there is a strong connection between cultural heritage, identity and sense of belonging. In recent years the meaning of heritage has shifted from national to local importance, based on cultural value rather than on architectural or historical value. Therefore, the participation of local communities is essential in the heritage of sustainable tourism. This allows them not only to express their opinions, but also to actually take part in the processes of planning and management of heritage conservation. Local communities are those that are closely linked to cultural heritage. On the one hand, by applying an ambidextrous management approach to Mission Patrimoine (French lottery launched in 2018 aiming at generating revenue to restore build heritage) the French government has the opportunity to initiate a social capital (SC) initiative associating local stakeholders, namely the local government and the local population, and on the other hand, visitors or tourists. In this paper, a community-based heritage conceptual model is suggested to strengthen the identity sense and to combat the negative effects of tourism. Organisational ambidexterity has been identified as the most suitable approach, due to its ability to contribute to the development of a dialogical spaces. The findings of this research are going beyond the topic of heritage. They are relevant to any research related to sustainability.

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“…Some of the main causes are the negative behaviour of tourists while at the destination, the overuse of public and private spaces (e.g., public transport, shopping centres or restaurants), the overuse of natural resources, and the irruption of low-cost tourism (e.g., transportation and sharing economy) [3]. Venice represents the most paradigmatic example of an overcrowded city where the negative impact of tourism is more than evident [4].…”

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From Blockbuster to Neighbourhood Buster: The Effect of Films on Barcelona

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In recent years, cities such as Venice, Dubrovnik, Paris and Barcelona have experienced an exponential increase in visitor numbers leading to episodes of tourismphobia by anti-tourism movements, or even the decline of the destination. Among other solutions, some destinations see film-induced tourism as a possible way of diversifying tourism supply and demand. Through the analysis of the locations of six thematic film routes in Barcelona compared to the same locations on the largest online travel review platform, TripAdvisor, it is concluded that, far from spreading out tourist flows, fiction-induced tourism in Barcelona has concentrated tourism at the main attractions of the city. Only a few exceptions of films with minor audiences lead tourists off the beaten track. Overall, this paper provides a set of recommendations, strategies and challenges for destination managers to help alleviate overtourism and to offer more sustainable tourism away from spots that attract mass tourism.

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Over-tourism and the fall of Venice as a destination

Cited by 440 publications

References 19 publications

Residents’ Perceptions of Socio-Economic Impacts on Pilgrimage Trails: How does the community perceive pilgrimage tourism?

Residents’ Perceptions of Socio-Economic Impacts on Pilgrimage Trails: How does the community perceive pilgrimage tourism?

Analysing the Mediating Effect of Heritage Between Locals and Visitors: An Exploratory Study Using Mission Patrimoine as a Case Study

From Blockbuster to Neighbourhood Buster: The Effect of Films on Barcelona

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