Tourism, Cities and Global Change (Part IV) - Positive Examples and Social Representations
RC21 Regional and Urban Development
Language: English, French and Spanish
It means freedom, hope, creativity, development, inclusion in global processes, and even a powerful tool of definition, negotiation and (re)invention of individual, collective, local, global and glocal identities.
Yet it means also exploitation, exclusion, loss of identity, perpetuation of colonial gazes, cultural stereotypes and social inequalities.
In the same way, it can be a tool of enhancement of cultural heritage and a mechanism of heritage crystallization; a practice related to nature and a fact entailing environmental exploitation.
Its rapid recovery after the pandemic has had unexpected effects. What initially seemed like an unprecedented event, destined to transform tourism and define new paradigms, after a few years appears to have caused only a minor disruption without significant consequences. The main critical issues remain largely unaddressed.
In many countries, overtourism is becoming a major problem with its interrelated issues (gentrification, housing crisis, touristification, Disneyfication etc.) deeply transforming the quality of life and the socio-cultural context, sparking reactions and even fueling anti-tourism behaviour.
We welcome papers addressing the following topics, primarily but not exclusively:
Tourism and:
- globalization and cultural change
- crisis and recovery, creativity and resilience
- environmental and socio-cultural sustainability
- impacts of overtourism on urban culture and social life
- sustainable practices and urban planning to deal with overtourism
- touristification, identity, and local communities
- anti-tourism behaviour
- cosmopolitanism and democracy
- co-existence at the same time and place of social forms of national and international experiences
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