Territorial tourism planning in Spain: from boosterism to tourism degrowth?

Blázquez-Salom, Macià; Blanco-Romero, Asunción; Rebollo, José Fernando Vera; Baidal, Josep Antoni Ivars

doi:10.1080/09669582.2019.1675073

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“…Resultantly, calls for mitigating the negative consequences, conflict management, more sustainable tourism development strategies or even degrowth proposals have been raised in tourism academic discourse [79][80][81]. Nevertheless, researchers stress that overtourism as a destination-specific phenomenon is resistant to "one-size-fits-all" solutions [26,77].…”

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The Sharing Economy and Sustainability of Urban Destinations in the (Over)tourism Context: The Social Capital Theory Perspective

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This article contributes to the discussion on the sustainability of the sharing economy by adopting the Social Capital Theory to expand explanations of the sharing economy's role and scope of relations with local communities in the context of overtourism. As mutual relationships have not been fully recognized through a theoretical perspective, the article aims to examine the sustainability of the process of the sharing economy impacting urban tourism communities in light of Robert Putnam's approach to Social Capital Theory. On the basis of a selective systematic review, the article discusses the sustainability of the sharing economy through the lens of bridging and bonding social capital. We argue that a new configuration of social capital, i.e., a sharing platform-modified social capital, arises from the unsustainable and disruptive power of the sharing economy implemented by virtual platforms, thereby contributing to an overtourism syndrome. However, from a medium-and long-term perspective, the sharing economy also impacts the bridging nature of social capital, which should lead to a more sustainable balance in its structure. This initial framework for understanding the impact of the sharing economy on sustainability of local communities provides an alternative approach to studying residents' perceptions and attitudes towards tourism in the areas affected by overtourism.Sustainability 2020, 12, 2310 2 of 26 human and economic activity, strongly emphasizing its presence in the tourism industry, especially in accommodation, transport, catering and tourism experiences [19,20]. As the SE's impact is widely discussed through the prism of accommodation platforms [20][21][22][23] we mostly consider this sector of the tourism industry. Overtourism, in turn, is a place-specific and industry-related mechanism. As a temporary and 'explosive' phenomenon, it condenses all the aspects of visitors' activity and the tourism industry in affected destinations, including the experiences or services distributed or accessed by sharing. Thus, when these two phenomena are studied together, we can discuss tourism as a domain of the SE, and the 'sharing' aspects of overtourism.Yet, due to an early phase of their evolution and the eruptive nature of their expansion, mutual relationships of both phenomena have not been fully recognized, leaving a gap for further research. Even so, many researchers claim that the SE contributes to overtourism by jointly pushing urban gentrification processes, depopulation of city centers and other processes of social exclusion [3,[24][25][26][27][28]. In light of this, in this article we consider overtourism in the context of studying the impact of the SE expansion on local communities. The emerging overtourism syndrome may be one of first striking examples of the problems in which the SE is directly involved. Thus, the externalities resulting from the SE in (over)tourism context on the community level could be a laboratory for SE's influence in general.Although sustainability issues involving the SE have...

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Section: Overtourism As a Context Of The Se's Impactmentioning

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The Sharing Economy and Sustainability of Urban Destinations in the (Over)tourism Context: The Social Capital Theory Perspective

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“…Likewise, it would be in the interest of the common good to propose degrowth scenarios in the tourism industry [27,[63][64][65], especially in certain territories where this industry's development has been exceptional [66,67]. In this context, the so-called "Fourth Sector" (4S) [68,69] needs to lay a more prominent role, given the relevance that it can have in achieving the goals of the 2030 Agenda [70].…”

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Sustainable Strategic Management Model for Hotel Companies: A Multi-Stakeholder Proposal to “Walk the Talk” toward SDGs

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As we reach the fifth anniversary of the Declaration of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the tourism sector responsible for over 10% of the world’s GDP still does not have an open-source, sustainable management criteria that would enable and empower them to “walk the talk” to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The purpose of this paper is to fill the gap in the social sciences and business management literature by providing a theoretical Sustainable Strategic Management Model (SSMM) proposal for the Fourth Sector (4S), Small- and Medium-sized (SMEs) Hotel companies (4S-SM-HCs), which are committed and have the will to contribute firmly to the 2030 Agenda. Based on their corporate purpose and aligned with the SDGs, this article provides a holistic proposal with a multi-stakeholder approach, adding the SDG perspective. Through a qualitative research methodology based on two focus groups in which the main stakeholders and the management team of the 4S-SM-HC under examination took part, a theoretical SSMM is co-defined so that the hotel company can make significant contributions to the five areas of the SDGs. Basing their structure on the internationally recognized Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Criteria and co-created through social learning, this SSMM proposes four strategic management axis and develops ten principles of ethical performance (PEP). The main contributions of this article are two: (1) to provide an ecosystemic SSMM proposal to the 4S-SM-HCs to allow them to make significant contributions to the SDGs, and (2) to facilitate a methodological framework with a multi-stakeholder approach and SDG perspective to enable them to contribute to the wellbeing of people, the community and the planet.

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“…Later came the shift from sustainability to responsibility in tourism, which emphasized the ability of individualization, in the sense that tourism providers and their customers could make a positive difference through their attitudes and actions ( Sin, 2014 ). Recently, scholars are stressing the need to rethink the current economic growth ideology and include the social and environmental needs in development and to revisit analyses of human-environment relations, environmental justice, regional development and carrying capacities ( Blazquez-Salom et al, 2019 ; Higgins-Desbiolles, 2018 ; Saarinen, 2018 ). In this respect, scientific research always played an important role and still need to feel more empowered, since these views are not always politically fashionable nor usually supported by neoliberal governances ( Saarinen, 2018 ).…”

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“…Notwithstanding, the continued acceleration of tourism in recent years led more scholars to underline the drawbacks of tourism growth ( Gibson, 2019 ; Gössling, 2002 ; Gössling & Scott, 2018 ; Saarinen, 2018 ; Satta, Spinelli, & Parola, 2019 ). The current debate about tourism is raising new questions on the sustainability of tourism and the limits to its growth, stressing the compelling need to balance its economic, social and environmental impacts ( Blazquez-Salom, Blanco-Romero, Vera-Rebollo, & Ivars-Baidal, 2019 ; Capocchi, Vallone, Amaduzzi & Pierotti, 2019 ; Panzer-Krause, 2019 ). A clearer perception of the need to move away from “growth fetishism” and to evolve into a ‘strong’ sustainability paradigm in tourism is emerging ( Higgins-Desbiolles, 2018 ; Higgins-Desbiolles, Carnicelli, Krolikowski, Wijesinghe, & Boluk, 2019 ).…”

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Measuring tourism and environmental sciences students’ attitudes towards sustainable tourism

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Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education

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Highlights Tourism and environmental sciences' students are compared. Tourism students highlight topics related to “Profit” and “People”. Sustainability literacy in tourism cannot solely depend on the interest of teachers. Tourism academic programmes should be adapted to teach “strong sustainability”. Environmental sciences professors could be invited to lecture in tourism courses.

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Territorial tourism planning in Spain: from boosterism to tourism degrowth?

Cited by 62 publications

References 44 publications

The Sharing Economy and Sustainability of Urban Destinations in the (Over)tourism Context: The Social Capital Theory Perspective

The Sharing Economy and Sustainability of Urban Destinations in the (Over)tourism Context: The Social Capital Theory Perspective

Sustainable Strategic Management Model for Hotel Companies: A Multi-Stakeholder Proposal to “Walk the Talk” toward SDGs

Measuring tourism and environmental sciences students’ attitudes towards sustainable tourism

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