Bottom-up touristification and urban transformations in Paris

Freytag, Tim; Bauder, Michael

doi:10.1080/14616688.2018.1454504

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“…However, nowadays a very limited set of scientific sources analyzing overtourism (or tourismphobia) is available and many works are exploratory in nature. Some are related to tourism in the urban or rural context, and also available literature is discussion of the legal and political aspects related to excessive tourism growth [36,[41][42][43][44][45][46][47]. Postma [47] argues that overtourism is not the same as mass tourism; although the growing number of tourists is the cause of overtourism, some areas are able to cope with large tourist numbers.…”

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Overtourism: Between the Right to Travel and Residents’ Rights

2019

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Debates on overtourism, as a challenging phenomenon, are becoming more and more active. The purpose of this integrative review paper is to discuss the right to travel and residents’ rights in the context of overtourism and sustainable tourism, analyzing different scientific and legal sources. The integrative review analysis shows that overtourism and sustainable tourism are important contexts influencing the changing meaning of the right to travel and the right to live. On the one hand, the overtourism context makes the voices of residents more important to be heard, while on the other hand the sustainable tourism context influences the discussion of the right to travel, asking tourist voices to be considered more important. The results of this integrative review also shows the importance of rethinking the concept of sustainability in tourism as a holistic principle of democracy and as a degrowth movement, and opens the broader discussion for future tourism research development. The problem of overtourism could be solved by striving to develop sustainable tourism goals, thus balancing equality between the right to travel and residents’ rights. The presented integrative review paper is a preliminary work; further research is needed in order to find possible concrete solutions for overtourism.

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Overtourism: Between the Right to Travel and Residents’ Rights

2019

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“…However, while only a limited set of literature is available that associates itself with overtourism (or tourismphobia) and much of it is explorative in nature, some differences can be observed. Current work is more focused on the relation between tourism and its wider city context and the political aspects of excessive tourism growth [43][44][45][46]. The issues related to overtourism are viewed in the light of the interplay of tourism and urban change [47][48][49][50].…”

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Is Overtourism Overused? Understanding the Impact of Tourism in a City Context

2018

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In less than two years, the concept of overtourism has come to prominence as one of the most discussed issues with regards to tourism in popular media and, increasingly, academia. In spite of its popularity, the term is still not clearly delineated and remains open to multiple interpretations. The current paper aims to provide more clarity with regard to what overtourism entails by placing the concept in a historical context and presenting results from a qualitative investigation among 80 stakeholders in 13 European cities. Results highlight that overtourism describes an issue that is multidimensional and complex. Not only are the issues caused by tourism and nontourism stakeholders, but they should also be viewed in the context of wider societal and city developments. The article concludes by arguing that while the debate on overtourism has drawn attention again to the old problem of managing negative tourism impacts, it is not well conceptualized. Seven overtourism myths are identified that may inhibit a well-rounded understanding of the concept. To further a contextualized understanding of overtourism, the paper calls for researchers from other disciplines to engage with the topic to come to new insights.

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“…In Amsterdam, the transformation of the Red-Light district has been analysed after the implementation of a renovation plan aiming at changing the tourism image of the area [31]. Other cities within major tourist countries have also been studied such as Rome [32] and Paris [5,13,33]. In Lisbon, the rehabilitation of buildings and public spaces, and the growth in the number of holiday accommodation rentals are deeply affecting central spaces such as Alfama, Bairro Alto, Baixa, and Chiado [34][35][36].…”

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Explaining Urban Sustainability to Teachers in Training through a Geographical Analysis of Tourism Gentrification in Europe

Hernández

2019

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Urban centres in Europe have been recently affected by touristification processes which endanger their sustainable development. In this context, education in urban sustainability is gaining great importance at all stages of education. It has been noticed that this issue is not appropriately presented in primary education studies where "tourism" is one of the topics to be addressed. This paper provides the design of a teaching activity for teachers in training in order to understand the process of tourism gentrification in European cities. The aim of this activity is to enable the transfer of knowledge to primary education concerning contemporary urban processes involving tourism within a framework of respect and sustainability. This activity is based on an urban geographical analysis in public squares located in touristified districts of several European cities. This is achieved by way of a visual, interactive and cartographic analysis and evaluation. This paper presents the results of the didactic experience in Madrid. The results are positive, since students develop geographic abilities, attitudes of respect, critical thinking, and contrasted knowledge about tourism gentrification. We conclude with a call for a conceptual update of contemporary urban processes involving tourism in primary education curricula and advise that teachers in training should be taken to the field to explain complex spatial phenomena.

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Bottom-up touristification and urban transformations in Paris

Cited by 130 publications

References 41 publications

Overtourism: Between the Right to Travel and Residents’ Rights

Overtourism: Between the Right to Travel and Residents’ Rights

Is Overtourism Overused? Understanding the Impact of Tourism in a City Context

Explaining Urban Sustainability to Teachers in Training through a Geographical Analysis of Tourism Gentrification in Europe

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