Ten years after the housing bubble burst, Barcelona has experienced an increase in rental prices. This increase in prices is due to a combination of factors such as household debt, urban entrepreneurialism and the marketing of the city, evictions, investment by speculative capital, changes in tenancy and an increase in rental housing for tourists. Overcrowding from tourists is gaining ground as a concern in multifunctional cities. Through an analysis of statistics and in-depth interviews with qualified agents, it is possible to observe how social struggles and unsustainability have outraged citizens and pitted them against overcrowding from tourism and the commodification of the city. The local administration of Barcelona has tried to respond to the situation by initiating a process of regulation through urban and tourism planning. Our analysis shows that these actions are of great importance but are not enough to alleviate some of the drawbacks, such as the shortage of rental housing and an excess of hotel beds.
RESUMENEl artículo presenta la distribución territorial del turismo rural en Cataluña teniendo en cuenta factores condicionantes de la oferta y la demanda. El análisis permite apuntar un patrón de distribución territorial de los establecimientos de turismo rural. En primer lugar, se identifica la localización de los diferentes tipos de alojamientos (Masies, Cases de Poble y Alojamientos Rurales Independientes), a la vez que se realiza un análisis de la oferta y la demanda del turismo rural. Sobre esta premisa se examinan los posibles factores que afectan a la localización y su grado de influencia sobre la demanda. Se trata de factores interrelacionados, entre los que destacan la existencia de explotaciones agrarias, casas con especial valor patrimonial y paisajes naturales atractivos. En el último apartado, relacionamos el comportamiento del turismo rural con el de sol y playa y se concluye con la constatación de la existencia de patrones de demanda comparables y similitudes en la estacionalidad y estancia media, así como diferencias considerables en la proporción de turistas extranjeros.
ABSTRACTThis article presents the spatial distribution of rural tourism in Catalonia considering the conditioning factors of supply and demand. This analysis makes possible to observe the existence of a pattern of distribution of these accommodations. Initially there is an identification of the distribution of the different types of accommodation (Masies, Village Houses and Independent Rural Accommodations), and at the same time we offer an analysis of supply and demand of rural tourism. On this basis, we have examined the possible factors that affect localization and its degree of influence on demand. In the case where
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