Overtourism: A Merry-Go-Round of Security Issues

Séraphin, Hugues

doi:10.1108/978-1-83867-905-720201003

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“…In the research, a questionnaire containing eighteen questions in the form of measurement scales related to several subject categories describing the nature of the impact of tourism on destinations (Table 1) was used. These areas are: relationships between residents and tourists (1-3; 13-15) (Goodwin, 2017; Żemła, 2020); (4-8) economy and income (Namberger et al, 2019;Pinke-Sziva et al, 2019;Smith et al, 2019); overcrowding (2; 9) (Milano, 2017;Perkumienė, Pranskūnienė, 2019;Szromek et al, 2019); security (10-12) (Goodwin, 2017;Pinke-Sziva et al, 2019;Seraphin et al, 2019;Seraphin, 2020); and the number of tourists (16-18) (Novy, Colomb, 2016;Namberger et al, 2019;Kruczek, Szromek, 2020). The respondents were asked to present specific views and opinions on the issues raised and to indicate whether they find certain views true or false.…”

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“…However, a closer analysis of the phenomenon allows us to indicate significant qualitative and quantitative changes, which make the impact of overtourism on the inhabitants of the affected destinations significantly different from how this impact was described in the previous studies. On the one hand, the research shows that in destinations affected by overtourism, phenomena typical of heavy tourist traffic, such as overcrowding (Milano, 2017;Perkumienė, Pranskūnienė, 2019;Szromek et al, 2019), noise (Koens et al, 2018;Pinke-Sziva et al, 2019;Kruczek, Szromek, 2020), an increase in crime rate and a decrease in the sense of public safety (Goodwin, 2017;Pinke-Sziva et al, 2019;Seraphin et al, 2019;Seraphin, 2020), increase in prices of goods and services (Horn, Merante, 2017;Milano, 2017;Żemła, 2020), and unacceptable tourists' behavior (Goodwin, 2017;Phi, 2018;Alonso-Almeida et al, 2019) can be seen. However, the scale of these phenomena has become so large that many residents of destinations have begun to perceive tourism as an element that significantly limits the quality of their lives (Namberger et al, 2019;Seraphin et al, 2020).…”

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From overtourism to no-tourism – costs and benefits of extreme volume of tourism traffic as perceived by inhabitants of two Polish destinations

Żemła

Szromek

2023

Journal of International Studies

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Overtourism might be one of the most characteristic trends and phenomena of tourism in the 2010s. However, after a rapid transformation caused by overtourism, an even faster and more unexpected change appeared in 2020: due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism temporarily disappeared from cities and other destinations worldwide. These two opposite and extreme phenomena were so close in time that they can be compared and their perception by different tourism stakeholders can be analyzed. Host communities were often major victims of overtourism, which led to the development of anti-tourism attitudes in many destinations. However, many inhabitants were also severely affected by the recent decline in tourism, as plenty of them depended economically on tourist arrivals and tourism revenues. This research is conducted for two of the most important destinations in Poland: Kraków and Białka Tatrzańska. The study aims to compare how the transformations to and from overtourism are perceived by inhabitants of these two typical and important tourism destinations. The results show that the impact of tourism was not perceived as crucial by the residents of either destination and that this remains true for both overtourism and no-tourism. However, the economic importance of tourism was strongly emphasized. Additionally, the indicated impact of tourism on their lives and their destination was much stronger for the residents of Białka Tatrzańska than those of Kraków.

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Section: The Impact Of Tourism On Destinations' Community and Economy...mentioning

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From overtourism to no-tourism – costs and benefits of extreme volume of tourism traffic as perceived by inhabitants of two Polish destinations

Żemła

Szromek

2023

Journal of International Studies

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“…Based on the analysis of the latest scientific publications dealing with the issues of overtourism, four subject areas (panels) were selected to describe the potential effects of this phenomenon. These areas are as follows: (A) number of tourists [11,15,88]; (B) crowds [7,90,91]; (C) noise [12,25,88]; (D) safety [9,16,17,25]; and (E) development of the city/town [9,15,50].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Places that are particularly susceptible to the overtourism phenomenon and those where it can be seen are indicated [5][6][7][8]. We better understand its causes [3,9,10] and effects [3,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19], and we are better able to track down the links of overtourism with other phenomena related to modern tourism, such as the sharing economy [20][21][22][23][24], the night economy [25,26], gentrification [9,27,28], and low-cost airlines [29]. However, we do not know whether the implemented innovations, including open innovations, should apply to all dimensions and types of tourist areas.…”

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Influence of the Residents’ Perception of Overtourism on the Selection of Innovative Anti-Overtourism Solutions

Żemła¹,

Szromek

2021

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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With a constantly and rapidly increasing number of publications, modern expertise on overtourism is becoming increasingly complete. However, a subject that has not been sufficiently presented in the literature thus far is the issue of identifying groups of inhabitants of various destinations that are most severely affected by overtourism and the perception of innovative remedial solutions. In numerous previous publications that analyzed the impact of overtourism on the inhabitants of destinations, the inhabitants were most often treated as a homogeneous group. Therefore, the main goal of this article is to describe the phenomenon of overtourism from the perspective of residents of two Polish tourist destinations and propose innovative solutions to the problem of tourist overcrowding, dedicated to areas with different specificities. Empirical research was conducted among the inhabitants of popular destinations in Poland—Kraków and Białka Tatrzańska—where overtourism has been noted in the scientific literature in recent years. The results allow us to outline significant differences in how the impact of overtourism is perceived by the inhabitants of a large city and a peripheral tourist resort. Additionally, the research demonstrated that respondents who live in the central part of a tourist destination much more clearly perceive their exposure to the effects of overtourism than the inhabitants of other parts, and that this phenomenon is more evident in cities than in resorts. According to the diagnosis of the situation, it was proposed to implement open innovations in the nature of preventive solutions.

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“…However, they have evolved lately regarding their intensity and nature, enhancing new situations labeled as overtourism. Among identified negative impacts, it is necessary to point to diverse environmental impacts (Azzahra & Nugrahani, 2022; Cecchi, 2021); economic ones – especially those connected with malfunctions of the real estate market (Goodwin, 2017; Mendes, 2021) and inflation and high prices of everyday goods (Capocchi et al, 2019; Żemła & Szromek, 2021); influence on residents' quality of life – crime and the low level of sense of security (Namberger et al, 2019; Seraphin, 2020), congestion and traffic jams (Capocchi et al, 2019; Namberger et al, 2019), noise (Pinke-Sziva et al, 2019), misbehavior of visitors (Namberger et al, 2019) and loss of sense of belonging of residents with the place (Capocchi et al, 2019). To end this list, it is necessary to point out at least two more general issues: gentrification and touristification of whole quarters (Diaz-Parra & Jover, 2021; Kruczek & Szromek, 2020) and conflicts around the issue of access to public space which maintenance is financed from local taxes (Goodwin, 2017).…”

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European historic cities and overtourism – conflicts and development paths in the light of systematic literature review

Żemła

2024

IJTC

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Purpose This paper aims to check if destinations with powerful similarities also show similar tourism/overtourism effects that differentiate them from other destinations. This paper gathers and compares data on overtourism in European historic cities already presented in the existing literature and points out features and problems typical for these destinations. Design/methodology/approach This paper was based on the systematic literature review method, which allowed the author to indicate the most commonly studied European historic cities and the characteristics of overtourism problems. Findings The results of this study reveal that several European historic cities share similar tourism development patterns and the overtourism problems manifest numerous similarities. Significantly, these problems are characteristic of historic cities only and partially different from those observed in European urban destinations such as metropolises. Research limitations/implications This study enhances a proper understanding of overtourism and the contradictory results published in the existing literature. This study is the first step in building a more situational approach to overtourism and adjusting the theory to particular destinations' features. Practical implications The outcome of this study offers local policymakers several hints regarding effectively facing the overtourism problems. Historic cities require special attention when actions toward lowering extreme tourism pressure in monumental zones are implemented and residents' concerns about the spread of tourism, including short-term listings, to residential quarters need to be addressed. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first study based on a comparison of similar destinations aimed to develop theory and practical implications devoted purely to a limited number of destinations sharing numerous similarities. The set of coherent theoretical and practical implications designed for a narrow group of cities is to be an essential contribution to the development of research and practice in urban tourism.

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Overtourism: A Merry-Go-Round of Security Issues

Cited by 5 publications

References 29 publications

From overtourism to no-tourism – costs and benefits of extreme volume of tourism traffic as perceived by inhabitants of two Polish destinations

From overtourism to no-tourism – costs and benefits of extreme volume of tourism traffic as perceived by inhabitants of two Polish destinations

Influence of the Residents’ Perception of Overtourism on the Selection of Innovative Anti-Overtourism Solutions

European historic cities and overtourism – conflicts and development paths in the light of systematic literature review

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