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Residents and Stakeholdrs in Mass Tourism Destination and New Scenarios

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 8472

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Fernando Almeida-García

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Department of Geography, Tourism Intelligence and Innovation Research Institute (i3t), University of Malaga, Campus of Teatinos, 29071 Malaga, Spain
Interests: tourism; tourism impacts; tourism policy; residents attitudes; geography; cultural geography; heritage
Prof. Dr. Rafael Cortés-Macías

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Department of Geography, Tourism Intelligence and Innovation Research Institute (i3t), University of Malaga, Campus of Teatinos, 29071 Malaga, Spain
Interests: tourism; cultural geography
Dr. Pere Mercadé Melé

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Department of Geography, Tourism Intelligence and Innovation Research Institute (i3t), University of Malaga, Campus of Teatinos, 29071 Malaga, Spain
Interests: education in corporate responsibility and sustainability; business ethics
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Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Parzych

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Department of Geography, University of Pomerania at Sluptz, Poland
Interests: geography of tourism

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Mass tourism destinations have extensive experience with respect to the changes that have influenced the tourism sector in its historical evolution. In the last 20 years, several factors have intervened to intensify tourist activity in mass tourism destinations: the acceleration of economic globalization processes, the role of new technologies linked to new tourist booking platforms, and the growth of low-cost airlines.

The development model of mass tourism destinations is quite limited due to the unsustainability of the environmental and social structures on which it is based. The generation of low-cost tourism products with high social and environmental externality has led to numerous criticisms from residents and some agents of the most crowded destinations, with the cases of Venice and Barcelona being particularly relevant.

Regarding the unsustainability of the mass tourism destination model, a new unexpected factor has been added: Covid-19. This factor has notably affected the economic development model of mass tourist destinations. The impact of the pandemic on the tourism sector makes it necessary to propose new analysis scenarios.

This Special Issue aims to collect a wide spectrum of studies related to the tourism sector, with emphasis on the analyses related to mass tourism destinations and their best-known processes (touristification, tourism-phobia, over-tourism), but also many other processes that intervene in mass tourism destinations, including analysis of the policies that maintain growth processes, examination of the stakeholder structure, and analysis of the social and environmental impacts in mass tourism destinations. Specifically, this Special Issue aims to collect:

  • Analysis of the attitudes of residents in mass tourism areas.
  • Studies on growth processes linked to tourism-phobia, touristification and over-tourism.
  • Compilation of experiences of social impacts in these destinations: protests, stakeholder analysis, the role of citizen and professional associations, the role of the media, etc.
  • Study of plans, regulations, and control measures in the management of crowded tourist areas.
  • Demographic and economic changes identified in recent years in mass tourism destinations. Study of cases.
  • Transformations and urban actions in mass tourism destinations.
  • Environmental impacts linked to intensification processes.
  • Analysis of the global and local processes in which mass tourism destinations are framed
  • Collection of proposals for new tourism models in the face of the Covid-19 challenge.
  • Study of good practices adapted to environmental (climate change) and economic changes (impact of Covid-19).

Prof. Dr. Fernando Almeida-García
Prof. Dr. Rafael Cortés-Macías
Prof. Dr. Pere Mercadé Melé
Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Parzych
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • Covid-19
  • new scenarios
  • mass destinations
  • over-tourism
  • under-tourism
  • social tourist impact
  • environment tourist impact
  • tourism changes
  • touristification
  • tourism-phobia

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Stakeholders’ Perception on the Impacts of Tourism on Mass Destinations: The Case of Seville
by Marina Haro Aragú, Josefa García-Mestanza and Lidia Caballero-Galeote
Sustainability 2021, 13(16), 8768; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13168768 - 05 Aug 2021
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Stakeholders’ participation is critical to implementing sustainable development models at mass tourism destinations. Through the application of a mixed methodology focused on the collection, processing, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data, this study analyzes the perception of residents, accommodation establishments, the academic [...] Read more.
Stakeholders’ participation is critical to implementing sustainable development models at mass tourism destinations. Through the application of a mixed methodology focused on the collection, processing, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data, this study analyzes the perception of residents, accommodation establishments, the academic community, and tourists in the city of Seville, since they are the possible agents of change in the current model. In addition, the study of perceptions provides information to extract a definition of mass tourism for these groups. Findings show that the majority of those surveyed affirm the presence of mass tourism in the city, and choose carrying capacity as an instrument to predict this type of tourism. We also show that, while mass tourism is not a sustainable model, its transformation is possible. As a consequence, the tourists’, destination’s and local population’s tolerance limits would determine the size and direction of the tourist impact. Full article
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The Impact of Residents’ Participation on Their Support for Tourism Development at a Community Level Destination
by Songyi Kim, Youngeun Kang, Jin-Han Park and Sung-Eun Kang
Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 4789; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13094789 - 24 Apr 2021
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Resident participation is crucial to the success of tourism development at community-level destinations. This study examines the effect of residents’ participation on their support for tourism development at the community level through a case study of Gamcheon Culture Village, South Korea. Using the [...] Read more.
Resident participation is crucial to the success of tourism development at community-level destinations. This study examines the effect of residents’ participation on their support for tourism development at the community level through a case study of Gamcheon Culture Village, South Korea. Using the structural equation model (SEM), including the variables of participation of tourism development, community attachment, economic dependence, perceived positive impacts, perceived negative impacts, and attitude toward tourism development, this study found that participation in tourism development significantly influences residents’ attitude toward development. Residents’ participation not only directly affects their attitude toward tourism development, but also indirectly influences it by increasing their positive perception of tourism development. Results empirically reveal that resident participation is critical to tourism development, especially for destinations at the local level. Full article
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