Case Study 5: A Paradox of the UNESCO “World Heritage” Label? The Case of the Way of St James of Compostela in France

Frédéric Dosquet (), Thierry Lorey (), Stéphane Bourliataux-Lajoinie and Josep Lluís Olmo Arriaga ()
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Frédéric Dosquet: ESC Pau Business School
Thierry Lorey: Kedge Business School Bordeaux
Stéphane Bourliataux-Lajoinie: Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers Paris
Josep Lluís Olmo Arriaga: Abat Oliba CEU University

A chapter in Overtourism, 2020, pp 267-284 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The objective of this chapter is to highlight the paradox of labeling in the tourism field, and this, in the perspective of sustainable tourism. Indeed, if the label helps to save tourist sites by a lack of notoriety and therefore attendance, it causes inconvenience related to overtourism. This is particularly the case of the “World Heritage of UNESCO” label. In fact, by definition the tourist sites benefiting from this label are fragile or even threatened, but the labeling can generate an over-satisfaction damaging to the sustainability of the site in question. Obtaining the label for this tourist destination has allowed to revive an ancestral heritage born in tenth century, but at the same time engendered nuisances related to over-frequentation by tourists and pilgrims to the point of running the risk of a denaturation of the spirit of this pilgrimage.

Keywords: Overtourism; Pilgrimage; Santiago de Compostela; UNESCO (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42458-9_15

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