Refugees and tourism: a case study from the islands of Chios and Lesvos, Greece

Τσάρτας, Πάρις; Kyriakaki, Anna; Stavrinoudis, Theodoros; Georgia, Despotaki N. C.; Doumi, Maria; Sarantakou, Efthymia; Tsilimpokos, Konstantinos

doi:10.1080/13683500.2019.1632275

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“…The literature echoes stakeholders' claims that migration has also produced bene ts. Various personnel who visit islands in the Mediterranean due to migration crises get to see other elements of the respective islands and plan to return as tourists (Tsartas et al, 2020). Furthermore, it has been claimed that Lampedusa's image as an "island of peace" has begun in uencing its tourism, which is developing beyond 3S tourism to a more responsible niche tourism attentive to nature and cultural landscapes (Melotti et al, 2018).…”

Section: Migration: Ambivalent Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several islands in the Mediterranean region have over the years transformed their economies and become dependent on tourism, which in return produces a domino effect on other smaller economic sectors. However, high levels of migration are feared to degrade an island's reputation, impacting tourism and thus economy (van't Klooster, 2012;Orsini, 2015;O'Healy, 2016;García-Almeida and Hormiga, 2017;Ivanov and Stavrinoudis, 2018;Melotti, 2018;Tsartas et al, 2020).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, its in uence on tourism destination development and competitiveness through its effect on reputation has 10.21463/jmic.2021.10.1.02 -https://jmic.online/issues/v10n1/2/ received scant attention even if it can provide relevant data-based ideas for various regions (García- Almeida and Hormiga, 2017). While Lampedusa has received much attention in the press and literature with respect to migration crisis and policy, few studies have addressed migration's impact on island tourism in the Mediterranean region (eg Melotti et al, 2018;Di Matteo, 2019;Tsartas et al, 2020). This article considers the image that operators use to market Lampedusa and local stakeholders' assessments of how news related to migration impacts the island's image.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Doorway to Europe: migration and its impact on island tourism

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2021

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Lampedusa is today best known in relation to migration. The island has confronted one migration crisis after the other for the past three decades, resulting in extensive media coverage. Whereas Lampedusa, a small island in the central Mediterranean region, has an economy mainly based on tourism, its name remains associated with migration, which is believed to negatively impact the island’s image and the performance of its tourism sector. On the other hand, migration has to some extent, put Lampedusa on the map, helping the island gain popularity. The island’s existing tourism model is based on sun, sand, and sea (3S) and is made attractive by its beaches, one of which has ranked as the best beach in the world, as well as by marketing efforts presenting Lampedusa as 'the Caribbean island of the Mediterranean'. However, migration and 3S are camouflaging other resources that are key to the island’s image. Lampedusa has a terrestrial nature reserve as well as a marine protected area that is home to several charismatic marine species, making it an ideal ecotourism destination. These resources can be used not only to depict a more representative image of the island but also to develop a sustainable tourism model that is suitable to a small island.

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Section: Migration: Ambivalent Resultsmentioning

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Doorway to Europe: migration and its impact on island tourism

Agius¹

2021

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“…(a) Greece shares borders with four countries (Albania, Northern Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey). Tourism plays a crucial role in most of the c-b areas, while geopolitical tensions and events affect the tourism industry, e.g., the refugee crisis on the islands of Lesvos and Chios [43]. Destinations close to the Greek-Albanian border, Ioannina and Kastoria, are typical destinations with a particular attractiveness factor: their waterfront on the lake.…”

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Resource Mapping and Place Branding as a Strategy Approach in an Attempt to Establish Cross-Border Areas of Greece and Albania as Tourism Destinations

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Karachalis

2022

Tourism and Hospitality

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Although place branding in cross-border (c-b) areas is challenging, various c-b areas with common eco-natural and cultural characteristics are popular tourist brands in their own right. The emergence of c-b areas as destinations is not surprising since international borders are often natural formations, which may be popular tourist attractions. Due to historical and political circumstances, the Greek–Albanian c-b area has not experienced tourism development. It bears a weak image, and although individual destinations can be found in both border areas, they do not currently form a single place brand. Thus, place branding that aims to enhance the c-b area’s attractiveness should start with building a single identity by finding common competitive characteristics upon which it can be based. This paper analyzes part of the ‘Culture Plus’ project, which aims to identify significant common eco-natural and cultural resources in the Greek–Albanian c-b area. The resources were documented using local visits, interviews, and consultations. The most significant ones were comparatively evaluated to identify the vital common assets that can support place branding efforts, with encouraging results regarding the potential branding of the unique hidden identity of the c-b area.

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“…Moving closer to the core of this work, an aspect that has been underexplored until the last few years regards the volunteers who offer their work at European border spaces (Rozakou 2012;Skleparis and Armakolas 2016;Chtouris and Miller 2017;Kitching et al 2017;Guribye and Stalsberg Mydland 2018;Sandri 2018;Haaland and Wallevik 2019). In general, there is a lack of attention paid to this phenomenon from the perspective of volunteer tourism (Knott 2018;Trihas and Tsilimpokos 2018;Tsartas et al 2020), as the existing literature focuses mostly on the topics of the response to the crisis, solidarity, humanitarianism, on the forms of cooperation and self-organization of volunteers, the role of grassroots organisations and NGOs.…”

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Carrefours: Migrants’ Support Volunteer Tourism in Lesvos

Matteo

2021

Lingue Culture Mediazioni - Languages Cultures Mediation (LCM Journal)

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Lesvos (Greece) has become over the last few years the emblem of human migration to Europe. As a consequence of the so-called “migration crisis” in 2015, people from all over the world who, first in a self-organized way and then structuring themselves into associations and organizations, wanted to bring support to migrants in transit or blocked on the island arrived developing what I define migrants’ support volunteer tourism. After defining the historical and contemporary context, I define the tourist framework and in particular this (relatively) new form of volunteer tourism. Keeping in mind that tourism – often described as a panacea for the Mediterranean islands – does not necessarily mean encounter with the other, I try to analyse voluntary tourism from the point of view of the possible relationships that are created thanks to the intersection of two forms of contemporary mobility: tourism and migration.

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Refugees and tourism: a case study from the islands of Chios and Lesvos, Greece

Cited by 39 publications

References 29 publications

Doorway to Europe: migration and its impact on island tourism

Doorway to Europe: migration and its impact on island tourism

Resource Mapping and Place Branding as a Strategy Approach in an Attempt to Establish Cross-Border Areas of Greece and Albania as Tourism Destinations

Carrefours: Migrants’ Support Volunteer Tourism in Lesvos

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