Degrowing tourism: rethinking tourism
By Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Sandro Carnicelli, Chris Krolikowski, G. Wijesinghe, K. Boluk. Tourism and Degrowth, 2019
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Abstract Concerns with growth have steadily advanced since the Limits to Growth report due particularly to human impacts on the natural environment. Since that time, neoliberal capitalism has become increasingly reliant on growth exacerbating these problems. The destructive outcomes of these strategies has led to a growing interest in degrowth. Analysts are examining how we can create economies that eschew a growth imperative while still supporting human thriving. Tourism as a key facet of capitalism is implicated in these issues and recent concerns with “overtourism” are only one symptom of the problem. This article presents a conceptual consideration of issues of degrowth in tourism. It examines current tensions in international mobility and argues just and sustainable degrowth will require greater attention to equity. This analysis suggests that essential to such an agenda is redefining tourism to focus on the rights of local communities and a rebuilding of the social capacities of tourism. This article argues for the redefinition of tourism in order to place the rights of local communities above the rights of tourists for holidays and the rights of tourism corporates to make profits.
Subfields: Demography, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science
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- Tourism, inclusive growth and decent work: a political economy critique (2020, background): “6 tourism with resource management and conservation (Hall, 2009; Higgins-Desbiolles et al. 2019).”