Overtourism in Historic Cities
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 20805
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the pre-COVID 19 tourism scenario, a rapid and sustained growth in tourist influx had been taking place. Cities were one of the protagonists of this growth, which was mainly focused on urban centers. Many of these centers are historical sites with high heritage value (some are even included in the UNESCO World Heritage List). Overcrowding due to tourism affects cultural tourist attractions and the historic urban landscape, the main tourist attraction in historic cities. The growth in the influx of visitors has created problems related to road congestion, the deterioration of heritage sites, the growth of housing for tourist use, the proliferation of tourist shops, the disappearance of traditional urban functions, and a reduction in the population, among other things. Depending on the approach, the academic literature uses such terms as overtourism, tourist gentrification, or touristification.
This Special Issue aims to provide a space for reflection and debate about these processes. Aspects such as the nature and measurement of the phenomenon are especially interesting. What is overtourism? How is it measured? What are the perceptions of the phenomenon? However, the measures adopted to address overtourism are also interesting. What policies have been applied? How is overtourism integrated into the urban planning of historic centers? Finally, although we are in a pandemic and the pressure that tourism exerts on cities has disappeared, it undoubtedly remains an important moment to reflect on the sustainability of the activity and also on the measures to control and regulate flows that were developed for situations of overtourism but are now applied for health reasons. This implies drastic changes in the models of tourist behavior in and tourist use of urban space.
Prof. Dr. María García-Hernández
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- tourism planning and overtourism
- overtourism, carrying capacity, and urban sustainability
- overtourism indicators in historic cities
- stakeholders and overtourism perceptions and discourses
- overtourism, big data, and urban planning in the historic city
- effects of overtourism in urban centers
- overtourism and urban heritage
- overtourism and urban policy
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