Importance of Tourism Equinox for Sustainable City Tourism

Irfan Arikan () and Ilker Ünsever
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Irfan Arikan: University of Applied Sciences (IMC Fachhochschule Krems)
Ilker Ünsever: Bogazici University

A chapter in Cultural and Tourism Innovation in the Digital Era, 2020, pp 447-459 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of tourism paradox on cities in relation to tourism activities and the protection of natural and cultural resources for sustainable city tourism with the help of tourism equinox. It primarily relies on qualitative research to understand the main features of tourism paradox and tourism equinox taking the physical and environmental aspects of urban environments into consideration. The findings indicate that tourism equinox encourages the development of city tourism to sustain local cultures, traditional lifestyles and industries, seeks to utilize the resources and the environment in a sustainable way. In addition, it demands an awareness of the needs of local people, respect and appreciation for culture and the environment, and achieves a balance between development and conservation. Cities have suffered from uncontrolled tourist development and tourism paradox during the last few decades. The results of this study will help to avoid tourism paradox in urban destinations, where the travelers consume the natural and cultural resources that are necessary for tourism activities. Therefore, the shaping of cities today is important especially to the tourists of tomorrow. New approaches to solve this problem and to establish healthy sustainable urban destinations with the help of tourism equinox are becoming more important than ever.

Keywords: Tourism paradox; Tourism equinox; City tourism; Urban environments; Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-36342-0_35

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