Essays about: "overtourism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word overtourism.

  1. 1. A student’s belonging in the tourist town : A case study of university students’ place belonging and community in the tourist destination Visby, Gotland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Eva Öberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Place belonging; Overtourism; University students; Visby; Second home ownership;

    Abstract : Tourism is a worldwide phenomenon and an important industry. In recent years, however, questions have arisen surrounding whether tourism can be harmful to destinations when exceeding their capacities. Visby is a medieval seaside town and a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Gotland, a Swedish island. READ MORE

  3. 2. Fighting for Sustainability: A Case Study about Tenerife's Activism Movement

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Felicitas Brodtrager; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainable destination development; activism; tourism impacts; stakeholder involvement; sustainability; alternative tourism model; system thinking; doughnut economics;

    Abstract : This research explores the perspectives of the opinion leaders of the activism movement in Tenerife on tourism on the island and the solutions proposed by these stakeholders to the current sustainability problems related to tourism. These issues include tourist's misbehavior in natural protected areas, waste, submarine emissions of residual water sewage, water shortage, gentrification, overtourism, overpopulation, 14,6% of unemployment in 2022, decline of agricultural land, high population density, etc. READ MORE

  4. 3. FRAMING OVERTOURISM - A qualitative media analysis of the case of Barcelona between 2016 and 2020

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation

    Author : Adriá Sanchez Aran; [2022-09-19]
    Keywords : Overtourism; Barcelona; media analysis; framing theory; social constructionism; strategic framing; culture; social movements;

    Abstract : Purpose: The goal of this dissertation is to contribute to the framing studies by looking at the discussion about overtourism in Barcelona over a period of intense media attention (2016-2020). It also aims to complement the few previous studies on overtourism discourses by providing the first situated account of the debate. READ MORE

  5. 4. Surviving success in an era of overtourism : Exploring the compatibility of Icelandic tourism lifestyle entrepreneurs with the degrowth concept

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Sveinborg Katla Daníelsdóttir; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable destination development; degrowth; lifestyle entrepreneurship; tourism; hospitality; Iceland;

    Abstract : The tourism industry has been faced with immense growth worldwide. Due to the industry being resource-heavy, this development has been problematic in terms of sustainable development. This has resulted in overtourism becoming the reality of multiple destinations, which have then faced ecological and social degradation. READ MORE

  6. 5. Mitigating overtourism by distributing visitor flows to nature-based destinations: the case of Prague

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Carl Jason; [2022]
    Keywords : Overtourism; Prague; Sustainability; nature based tourism;

    Abstract : This studys main goal is to find an answer to the question of what the potential is for mitigating overtourism to nature based sports tourism. The studys objective is to explore the phenomenon of overtourism and how this has affected the tourism industry. READ MORE