European historic cities and overtourism – conflicts and development paths in the light of systematic literature review

IF 3 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2024-01-26 DOI:10.1108/ijtc-07-2023-0140

Michał Żemła

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to check if destinations with powerful similarities also show similar tourism/overtourism effects that differentiate them from other destinations. This paper gathers and compares data on overtourism in European historic cities already presented in the existing literature and points out features and problems typical for these destinations.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper was based on the systematic literature review method, which allowed the author to indicate the most commonly studied European historic cities and the characteristics of overtourism problems.

Findings

The results of this study reveal that several European historic cities share similar tourism development patterns and the overtourism problems manifest numerous similarities. Significantly, these problems are characteristic of historic cities only and partially different from those observed in European urban destinations such as metropolises.

Research limitations/implications

This study enhances a proper understanding of overtourism and the contradictory results published in the existing literature. This study is the first step in building a more situational approach to overtourism and adjusting the theory to particular destinations' features.

Practical implications

The outcome of this study offers local policymakers several hints regarding effectively facing the overtourism problems. Historic cities require special attention when actions toward lowering extreme tourism pressure in monumental zones are implemented and residents' concerns about the spread of tourism, including short-term listings, to residential quarters need to be addressed.

Originality/value

To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first study based on a comparison of similar destinations aimed to develop theory and practical implications devoted purely to a limited number of destinations sharing numerous similarities. The set of coherent theoretical and practical implications designed for a narrow group of cities is to be an essential contribution to the development of research and practice in urban tourism.

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欧洲历史名城与过度旅游--系统文献综述中的冲突与发展道路

目的本文旨在检验具有强大相似性的旅游目的地是否也表现出与其他旅游目的地不同的类似旅游/过度旅游效应。本文收集并比较了现有文献中关于欧洲历史名城过度旅游的数据，指出了这些目的地的典型特征和问题。研究结果研究结果表明，一些欧洲历史名城有着相似的旅游发展模式，过度旅游问题也有许多相似之处。值得注意的是，这些问题只具有历史名城的特征，与在欧洲城市目的地（如大都市）观察到的问题存在部分差异。本研究为建立一种更加因地制宜的过度旅游方法以及根据特定旅游目的地的特点调整理论迈出了第一步。历史名城在实施降低古迹区极端旅游压力的行动时需要受到特别关注，居民对旅游业（包括短期旅游）向居民区蔓延的担忧也需要得到解决。原创性/价值据作者所知，这是第一项基于相似旅游目的地比较的研究，旨在发展纯粹针对具有众多相似性的少数旅游目的地的理论和实践意义。这套针对少数城市的连贯的理论和实践意义，是对城市旅游研究和实践发展的重要贡献。

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International Journal of Tourism Cities HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

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期刊介绍： A peer-reviewed journal, the International Journal of Tourism Cities provides an international forum for the critical study of urban tourism and tourism cities. The journal aims to be inter-disciplinary in its appreciation of tourism cities and tourism in urban areas, and welcomes original, theoretically-informed articles from those involved in the planning, management or marketing of tourism in city destination or places adjoining urban areas. Urban tourism and travel cover many disciplines and impinge on numerous aspects of daily life within cities. Moreover, they play a key role in domestic and international tourism in most countries, and cities often function as key travel gateways and tourism destinations. The International Journal of Tourism Cities contents include primary research articles, expert discussions on current urban tourism issues, and tourism city case studies. Articles are selected that are relevant to both academics and practitioners. The journal particularly encourages contributions on contemporary topics and issues in urban tourism including smart cities and tourism, environmental impact and sustainable tourism development in cities, citizen and stakeholder involvement in tourism, city destination governance, and the development of policies and standards for city tourism development. The International Journal of Tourism Cities has four distinct purposes: To encourage greater research and scholarship related to tourism in urban settings. To stimulate more interdisciplinary research on tourism in cities, particularly the integration of tourism and urban studies theories and principles. To generate more research studies on tourism at the edge of cities, where urban and rural areas converge. To create more literature on best practices in city tourism worldwide through in-depth analyses and the production of exemplary case studies.