Coping with Overtourism in Post-Pandemic Europe : Approaches, Experiences and Challenges / edited by Gert-Jan Hospers and Sebastian Amrhein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hospers, G. J., editor.

Amrhein, Sebastian, editor.

Series:

Regionen in Europa ; Volume 7.

Regionen in Europa / European Regions Series ; Volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Economic aspects--Europe.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

Overtourism--Europe.

Overtourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Münster, Germany : Lit Verlag, [2023]

Summary:

This book, edited by Gert-Jan Hospers and Sebastian Amrhein, addresses the challenges and responses to overtourism in post-pandemic Europe. It explores the phenomenon's impact on various European cities and regions, offering insights from social, philosophical, and policy perspectives. The book includes contributions that analyze overtourism's effects on local communities and environments, and discusses strategies for managing tourism in popular destinations such as Venice, Amsterdam, and Prague. The authors aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of overtourism and suggest ways to balance tourism growth with sustainable practices. It is intended for policymakers, urban planners, and scholars interested in tourism management and urban studies. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction - The return of overtourism on the policy agenda

Chapter 1 - Reasons why the term ‘overtourism’ has a right to exist: the social constructionist perspectives of urban citizens

Chapter 2 - How overtourism feels: conceptualising the atmosphere of overtourism

Chapter 3 - The overtourism phenomenon in different destination categories

Chapter 4 - The struggle to manage tourism regrowth in post-pandemic Amsterdam

Chapter 5 - Tourist city Prague on the way to cultural sustainability

Chapter 6 - Columbus’ egg or Trojan horse? Assessing the value of Cittaslow-membership to avoid local overtourism

Chapter 7 - Exploring tourism workers’ perspective on transformational job policies: the case of Barcelona

Chapter 8 - Who is at Amsterdam’s tourism policy making table?

Chapter 9 - Challenges to reconciling the interests of residents with those of visitors

Chapter 10 - Overtourism, dependencies and protests: challenging the ‘support narrative’

Chapter 11 - Unveiling the implications of digital platforms in platform-mediated overtourism: a call for comprehensive research

Conclusions - Learning to live with overtourism in Europe? Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9783643966551

3643966555

OCLC:

1433205345