The Construction of ‘Overtourism’: The Case of UK Media Coverage of Barcelona’s 2017 Tourism Protests and Their Aftermath

Jim Butcher ()
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Jim Butcher: Canterbury Christ Church University

A chapter in Overtourism, 2020, pp 69-88 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The chapter considers the way ‘overtourism’ has rapidly become an established part of the lexicon in critiques of tourism. Its premise is that the term is more of an orientation towards problems rather than a description of those problems per se. The research finds that in the case examined, overtourism acquires its meaning through the reporting of claims regarding issues such as cultural loss and the impact of tourism lets on housing, and also through counter claims often involving concerns about ‘tourismphobia’. The chapter establishes that overtourism is constructed through media coverage of competing claims and counterclaims, and that we should regard it as a fluid and contested category.

Keywords: Social construction; Overtourism; Barcelona; Media; Tourismphobia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42458-9_5

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