The end of growth in residential tourism destinations: steady state or sustainable development? The case of Calpe

José Francisco Perles-Ribes, Ana Ramón-Rodríguez, José Fernando Vera-Rebollo and Josep Ivars-Baidal
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: José Francisco Perles Ribes

Current Issues in Tourism, 2018, vol. 21, issue 12, 1355-1385

Abstract: This article discusses how the slowdown in the real estate market during the most recent economic and financial crisis has affected residential tourism destinations on the Spanish coast. The afore-mentioned crisis, which gave rise to a standstill in residential activity, coincided with the turbulences experienced in the competing destinations of Northern Africa, which brought about a record number of international tourist arrivals to Spain. The resulting situation enables us to explore the future scenario of all the Spanish destinations that, due to the depletion of available land, are reaching their maximum levels of urban growth. Examining the case of Calpe, a destination which is representative of the Spanish Mediterranean, the study analyses whether the foreseeable dynamics for the future are conceptualized in the favourable terms that characterize “sustainable development” or, on the contrary, exhibit negative implications which the classic economists refer to as the “steady state”.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2016.1276522

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