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- Carson, Doris A., et al.
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Opportunities and barriers for degrowth in remote tourism destinations : overcoming regional inequalities?
- 2021
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Ingår i: Degrowth and tourism. - Milton Park : Routledge. - 9780367335656 - 9780429320590 ; , s. 100-115
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter examines the opportunities and barriers for de-growth to be used in future tourism development strategies for remote or peripheral destinations, illustrated by the case of the Top End region in the Northern Territory of Australia. In such remote contexts, tourism has often evolved around an entrenched boosterist growth paradigm, a dependence on export markets and external investors, a susceptibility to 'boom and bust' cycles, and increasing spatial and social inequalities between the dominant urban growth centre and a declining sparsely populated hinterland. The chapter discusses how de-growth may help in reducing the city-hinterland development gap by directing attention to the benefits of alternative niche markets, the regional dispersal of tourists, smaller-scale and dispersed infrastructure and product investment, a re-positioning of tourism as part of broader community development agendas, and renewed efforts to encourage local involvement in decision-making. The chapter also considers the institutional barriers to such an approach, and considers why it may remain an unrealistic concept for remote political economies that are increasingly confronted with recurring periods of economic crisis and highly volatile industries and populations.
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- Eimermann, Marco, 1979-, et al.
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Mobility transitions and rural restructuring in Sweden : a database study of holistic simplifiers
- 2021
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Ingår i: Degrowth and tourism. - London : Routledge. - 9780367335656 - 9780429320590 ; , s. 54-68
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent years, living simply, and sustainably, has become a legitimate, or even trendy, way for individuals to contribute to a better society in the global North. Rural areas in this context are seen as a place for people who seek voluntary simplicity to resettle, for either business purposes or personal reasons. However, few research has examined the phenomenon of voluntary simplicity in quantitative manner and the mobility aspect is often missing from the general discussion of voluntary simplicity and degrowth literature. This chapter therefore looks at holistic simplifiers, as those who seek voluntary simplicity and move to smaller towns, rural areas or other less affluent or urbanized parts of the country, with the help of longitudinal register data (Statistics Sweden). The results show demographic and economic features of holistic simplifiers and some of them are unexpected, challenging some of the assumptions and definitions of voluntary simplicity. We conclude that the number of holistic simplifier is low in Sweden, and while individuals meet the overall criteria for voluntary simplicity they do not necessarily behave accordingly by cutting down on consumption and living a simpler life. Some possible reasons are discussed and questions for future studies are suggested.
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- Hall, C. Michael, et al.
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Conclusions – degrowing tourism : Can tourism move beyond BAU (Brundtland-as-Usual)?
- 2021
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Ingår i: Degrowth and tourism. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2021. | Series: Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and mobility : Routledge. - 9780367335656 - 9780429320590 ; , s. 239-248
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This concluding chapter outlines some of the main contributions of the book and provide some potential directions for future research. It does this in the context of the response to COVID-19 and the history of previous challenges to growthism in tourism and broader economic thinking. The chapter highlights that the vulnerabilities, including in relation to global environmental change and global heating, are not necessarily new and that the need for degrowth type responses in various forms has been established for more than 50 years. Unfortunately, the key problem is as much one of political will and the embeddedness of narrow corporate interests in paradigmatic thinking, including tourism studies, rather than potential solutions.
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- Hall, C. Michael, et al.
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COVID-19 pandemic, tourism and degrowth
- 2021
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Ingår i: Degrowth and tourism. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2021. | Series: Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and mobility : Routledge. - 9780367335656 - 9780429320590 ; , s. 220-238
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The COVID-19 (commonly referred to as the Coronavirus) outbreak and its massive and swift spread halted mobility globally on an unprecedented scale and substantially and abruptly slowed down the consumption of tourism. This chapter aims to provide a brief assessment of this pandemic which has become a health, economic and geopolitical crisis with direct and enormous effects on the tourism industry at international, national and local levels. It also deals with how enforced degrowth and slow consumption ensued from the unprecedented lockdown and social distancing practices by government have provided unique opportunity for the reset of tourism. The chapter also discusses the challenges of the pandemic in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is finished by critical discussion of transformative discourse shaped in the aftermath of this outbreak in the wider academic community.
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- Lundmark, Linda, et al.
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Introduction : Degrowth and tourism: implications and challenges
- 2021
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Ingår i: Degrowth and tourism. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2021. | Series: Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism and mobility : Routledge. - 9780367335656 - 9780429320590
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This chapter provides an overview of degrowth within tourism research and introduces the main themes of the book. It is broadly divided into three parts. The first section provides a broad overview of the degrowth literature via a scoping review of how the notion of degrowth has grown as a research subject in general and in tourism studies in particular. It is noted that the first degrowth oriented studies emerged in the late 2000s in response to both the global financial crisis and concerns over global environmental change. The second section then examines some of the main implications and challenges of employing degrowth in tourism research and the potential link to practice. A strong connection is noted between overtourism and interest in degrowth. However, substantial questions exist with respect to the scale of analysis and the extent to which proposed responses and practices fundamentally challenge the tourism industry’s focus on growth. The final section introduces the reader to the various chapters in this book and how they resonate with some of the identified implications and challenges.
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- Andersson Cederholm, Erika, et al.
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Decommodification as a socially embedded practice: The example of lifestyle enterprising in animal-based tourism
- 2020
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Ingår i: Degrowth and Tourism : New Perspectives on Tourism Entrepreneurship, Destinations and Policy - New Perspectives on Tourism Entrepreneurship, Destinations and Policy. - 9780367335656
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Studies of degrowth in tourism have shed light on the phenomenon of lifestyle entrepreneurship, often highlighting these businesses as examples of alternative, non-growth oriented production. This chapter focuses on two examples of lifestyle oriented animal-based tourism in Sweden: horse-related tourism and hunting tourism. It is argued that these enterprises are engaged in decommodification practices, although the individual entrepreneurs do not necessarily identify with an ideologically or politically ‘alternative’ or non-growth position. It is argued that decommodification, or resistance to commodification, is a socially embedded practice. The analysis demonstrates how a non-growth orientation is related to the way passion and responsibility for animals, nature and professional skill is narrated and performed, and how economic valuation and exchange is socially organized and culturally understood within the enterprise and in the operators´ social network. The analysis sheds light on the role of favour exchanges in friendship networks and how gift-economic exchanges are intertwined with market relationships.
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