From Barcelona: The Pearl of the Mediterranean to Bye Bye Barcelona

Fava, Nadia; Rubio, Saida Palou

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-26877-4_20

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“…From the offer's viewpoint, Barcelona is a well-valued destination and a "must" in any tour package. Although, tourist activity has been concentrated in the city center and in the most famous Gaudi architecture points [49], this situation seems to have changed in two directions contributing to overtourism in the case of Chinese tourism. First, Barcelona will increase its presence in tour operators' products in China, in Spain-only visits or in combination with other countries in Europe or in Northern Africa.…”

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Are Social Media Data Pushing Overtourism? The Case of Barcelona and Chinese Tourists

2019

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Overtourism spoils the good economic and social results produced by the tourism sector, causing reductions in the quality of service of the tourist destination and rejection by the local population. Previous literature has suggested that social networks and new electronic channels could be accelerators of the process of overcrowding destinations; however, this link has not been established. For this reason, in this exploratory study, the influence of social networks on overtourism is analysed using Barcelona as a base, as Barcelona is a massively popular destination in the country that is second in the world in reception of tourists to Spain. This study is also focused on Chinese tourism, which brings large numbers of tourists and presents great economic potential. Two types of study have been used: big data techniques applied to social media with sentimental analysis, and analysis of travel packages offered in China to travel to Spain. Relevant results are obtained to understand the influence of social networks on the travel behaviour of tourists, possible contributions to overtourism, and recommendations for the management of tourism.

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Are Social Media Data Pushing Overtourism? The Case of Barcelona and Chinese Tourists

2019

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“…In the overtourism debate that has come to dominate discussions on urban tourism in recent years, most research up to now has been dedicated to better appreciating the perceived impacts and underlying causes of these impacts (see e.g. Fava & Rubio, 2017;Koens, Postma, & Papp, 2018;Novy, 2018) and management strategies to deal with overtourism (see e.g. Pechlaner, Innerhofer, & Erschbamer, 2019;UNWTO, 2018).…”

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Identifying stakeholder perspectives and worldviews on sustainable urban tourism development using a Q-sort methodology

Samantha

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Melissen

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Current Issues in Tourism

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“…The setting of this study is Barcelona-the most visited city in Spain, with more than 12 million overnight stays in 2018 (Barcelona, 2019). Barcelona has captured the attention of numerous investigations in relation to tourism [11,103,104] and, in the last few years, researchers have focused their studies on the externalities that the growth of tourism is causing in the city and especially for its citizens [69,72,105].…”

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From Blockbuster to Neighbourhood Buster: The Effect of Films on Barcelona

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In recent years, cities such as Venice, Dubrovnik, Paris and Barcelona have experienced an exponential increase in visitor numbers leading to episodes of tourismphobia by anti-tourism movements, or even the decline of the destination. Among other solutions, some destinations see film-induced tourism as a possible way of diversifying tourism supply and demand. Through the analysis of the locations of six thematic film routes in Barcelona compared to the same locations on the largest online travel review platform, TripAdvisor, it is concluded that, far from spreading out tourist flows, fiction-induced tourism in Barcelona has concentrated tourism at the main attractions of the city. Only a few exceptions of films with minor audiences lead tourists off the beaten track. Overall, this paper provides a set of recommendations, strategies and challenges for destination managers to help alleviate overtourism and to offer more sustainable tourism away from spots that attract mass tourism.

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From Barcelona: The Pearl of the Mediterranean to Bye Bye Barcelona

Cited by 12 publications

References 4 publications

Are Social Media Data Pushing Overtourism? The Case of Barcelona and Chinese Tourists

Are Social Media Data Pushing Overtourism? The Case of Barcelona and Chinese Tourists

Identifying stakeholder perspectives and worldviews on sustainable urban tourism development using a Q-sort methodology

From Blockbuster to Neighbourhood Buster: The Effect of Films on Barcelona

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