Political evaluation of tourism impacts on residents and their domain – Conceptual considerations and a call for an imperative and freedom-based perspective

Vogler Ralf ()
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Vogler Ralf: Heilbronn University Institute of Tourism, Travel & Hospitality Max-Planck-Str. 39 74081 Heilbronn Deutschland

Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft, 2023, vol. 15, issue 2, 122-133

Abstract: Tourism policy traditionally focuses on the nexus of tourist-resident interaction and has the duty to balance the often-conflicting interests. In policy practice and academia alike, the evaluation of the nexus seems to be dominated by utilitarian ideas and concepts focusing on the objective outcome. This perspective is closely linked to a Hegelian-induced philosophy of an objective mind. In contrast to that, the paper advocates for an imperative-based perspective, as proposed by Kant, to ensure a more humanistic approach. To facilitate that approach, it derives the ideas from the legal science technique of practical concordance to balance the freedoms and interests of all parties involved without proclaiming superior knowledge.

Keywords: tourism policy; practical concordance; categorial imperative; freedom (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1515/tw-2023-2004

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