Tourist Spaces and Tourism Policy in Spain and Portugal
ISBN: 978-1-78441-940-0, eISBN: 978-1-78441-939-4
Publication date: 22 June 2015
Abstract
This study analyzes the relationship between the development of tourism policy of Spain and Portugal and their effects on regional imbalances. Despite the proximity of the two countries and their specialization in tourism, there are few comparative studies on tourism of the two Iberian countries. The study focuses on the two major phases of tourism policy: the period of mass tourism and post-Fordist stage. In the conclusions we refer the debate on the existence of a model of development based on tourism to the Latin countries of Southern Europe and we note the export process of Spanish low cost tourism model to other countries.
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Acknowledgment
This research project has received funding from the Spanish Government, Fundamental Research Program (CSO2012–30840), “Geographies of crisis: analysis of urban and tourist territories of the Balearic Islands, Costa del Sol and main tourist destinations of the Caribbean.”
Citation
Almeida, F., Cortés, R. and Balbuena, A. (2015), "Tourist Spaces and Tourism Policy in Spain and Portugal", Marketing Places and Spaces (Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Vol. 10), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 235-249. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1871-317320150000010017
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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