Is heritage tourism a panacea for rural decline? A comparative study of the Camino de Santiago and the Canal de Castilla in Spain

IF 3 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Journal of Heritage Tourism Pub Date : 2023-01-05 DOI:10.1080/1743873X.2022.2159417

Luis Alfonso Hortelano Mínguez, Jan Mansvelt Beck

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to establish whether fostering rural tourism by reuse and promotion of heritage has been able to mitigate the demographic decline in a depopulating area of Spain. Two types of route-based tourism in the north-west of Castile are compared, namely the millenary pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela and the nineteenth-century Castile Canal. For three decades, public authorities have actively stimulated tourism along these routes in order to retain the population. The findings reveal that public-sector investments and promotion have contributed to the growth of tourism along both routes but have not stopped demographic decline. The lack of revitalisation of the countryside is the result of the preceding rural exodus that has destroyed village communities.

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遗产旅游是解决乡村衰落的灵丹妙药吗？西班牙圣地亚哥运河与卡斯蒂利亚运河的比较研究

本文的目的是确定通过遗产再利用和推广来促进乡村旅游是否能够缓解西班牙人口减少地区的人口下降。比较了卡斯蒂利亚西北部两种基于路线的旅游，即千年朝圣路线圣地亚哥德孔波斯特拉和19世纪的卡斯蒂利亚运河。三十年来，为了留住人口，公共当局积极刺激这些路线沿线的旅游业。调查结果显示，公共部门的投资和推广促进了这两条路线的旅游业的增长，但并没有阻止人口的下降。农村缺乏振兴是先前农村人口外流破坏了农村社区的结果。

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Journal of Heritage Tourism HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

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6.50

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11.10%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Heritage Tourism ( JHT ) is a peer-reviewed, international transdisciplinary journal. JHT focuses on exploring the many facets of one of the most notable and widespread types of tourism. Heritage tourism is among the very oldest forms of travel. Activities such as visits to sites of historical importance, including built environments and urban areas, rural and agricultural landscapes, natural regions, locations where historic events occurred and places where interesting and significant living cultures dominate are all forms of heritage tourism. As such, this form of tourism dominates the industry in many parts of the world and involves millions of people. During the past 20 years, the study of tourism has become highly fragmented and specialised into various theme areas, or concentrations. Within this context, heritage tourism is one of the most commonly investigated forms of tourism, and hundreds of scholars and industry workers are involved in researching its dynamics and concepts. This academic attention has resulted in the publication of hundreds of refereed articles in various scholarly media, yet, until now there has been no journal devoted specifically to heritage tourism; Journal of Heritage Tourism was launched to fill this gap. JHT seeks to critically examine all aspects of heritage tourism. Some of the topics to be explored within the context of heritage tourism will include colonial heritage, commodification, interpretation, urban renewal, religious tourism, genealogy, patriotism, nostalgia, folklore, power, funding, contested heritage, historic sites, identity, industrial heritage, marketing, conservation, ethnicity, education and indigenous heritage.