Tourism Capitalism and Island Urbanization: Tourist Accommodation Diffusion in the Balearics, 1936-2010
The Balearic Islands are one of the main tourism regions in Europe, and tourism has been the structural capitalist activity of urban growth there since the 1950s. Mapping tourist accommodation in the Balearics might help spatially explain the important socio-spatial transformation of a small archipe...
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| author | Antoni Pons Onofre Rullán Salamanca Ivan Murray |
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| description | The Balearic Islands are one of the main tourism regions in Europe, and tourism has been the structural capitalist activity of urban growth there since the 1950s. Mapping tourist accommodation in the Balearics might help spatially explain the important socio-spatial transformation of a small archipelago in the Western Mediterranean. This paper analyses the diffusion of tourist accommodations as the main vehicle for urbanization since the 1950s. The tourism production of space has gone in parallel to economic cycles with particular urban expressions related to the different regimes of accumulation. Over time, as access to sea, air, and road transport, availability of investment capital, and institutional support has changed, so too have the directions of urban tourism development in the islands. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e09dea514b6f4a8095a636441dc10cb12025-08-20T00:23:05ZengIsland Studies JournalIsland Studies Journal1715-25932014-11-019210.24043/001c.81625Tourism Capitalism and Island Urbanization: Tourist Accommodation Diffusion in the Balearics, 1936-2010Antoni PonsOnofre Rullán SalamancaIvan MurrayThe Balearic Islands are one of the main tourism regions in Europe, and tourism has been the structural capitalist activity of urban growth there since the 1950s. Mapping tourist accommodation in the Balearics might help spatially explain the important socio-spatial transformation of a small archipelago in the Western Mediterranean. This paper analyses the diffusion of tourist accommodations as the main vehicle for urbanization since the 1950s. The tourism production of space has gone in parallel to economic cycles with particular urban expressions related to the different regimes of accumulation. Over time, as access to sea, air, and road transport, availability of investment capital, and institutional support has changed, so too have the directions of urban tourism development in the islands.https://doi.org/10.24043/001c.81625 |
| spellingShingle | Antoni Pons Onofre Rullán Salamanca Ivan Murray Tourism Capitalism and Island Urbanization: Tourist Accommodation Diffusion in the Balearics, 1936-2010 |
| title | Tourism Capitalism and Island Urbanization: Tourist Accommodation Diffusion in the Balearics, 1936-2010 |
| title_full | Tourism Capitalism and Island Urbanization: Tourist Accommodation Diffusion in the Balearics, 1936-2010 |
| title_fullStr | Tourism Capitalism and Island Urbanization: Tourist Accommodation Diffusion in the Balearics, 1936-2010 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tourism Capitalism and Island Urbanization: Tourist Accommodation Diffusion in the Balearics, 1936-2010 |
| title_short | Tourism Capitalism and Island Urbanization: Tourist Accommodation Diffusion in the Balearics, 1936-2010 |
| title_sort | tourism capitalism and island urbanization tourist accommodation diffusion in the balearics 1936 2010 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.24043/001c.81625 |
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