Sociology of tourism: tourist system addressing climate change / Sociología del turismo: el sistema turístico frente al cambio climático

Sociology of tourism: tourist system addressing climate change / Sociología del turismo: el sistema turístico frente al cambio climático

Rubén José Pérez Redondo

It is clear that today we face a situation of climate change. Temperatures are extreme, the water level of the sea increases, the ozone layer disappears, and so on. We do not care about the causes of this change. What interests us is to analyze how these changes affect the tourist map, that is, we argue how climate change affects tourism flows and sets new targets in relation to their needs and expectations of travelers. The rising temperatures are causing some areas that were previously lost a good tourist purely competitive edge for others who were in the final positions. But we must also bear in mind that if one link in the chain of the tourism system is altered, the others also suffer alterations. In short, this article will analyze the changes that will be placed under the tourism climate metamorphosis.

2010

Expectations, Travel, needs, sustainability, tourist, transportation

10.20932/barataria.v0i11.157

Barataria : Revista Castellano-Manchega de Ciencias Sociales

Asociacion Castellano-Manchega de Sociologia (ACMS)

Social Sciences