Description
In the last years tourism management has received an extraordinary attention from public and private actors on how to monitor, evaluate and improve its competitiveness. However, little attention has been put on developing governance frameworks and policy making instruments to deal with the environmental and social sustainability of urban tourism derived from mass tourism.
The study “Urban Tourism Sustainability in European Cities” leaded by eco-union, with the support of the City of Barcelona and the collaboration of the University of Rovira i Virgili, has analysed consolidated European city destinations, to understand how economic, environmental and social sustainability is taking into consideration in their policies and strategies and which kind of instruments are put in place to manage different tourism issues.
The overall objective of the workshop is to debate and share practices dealing with growing urban tourism issues (i.e. overtourism, gentrification, illegal renting, air/noise pollution, work conditions, etc). Particularly, the workshop will look at:
- Identification, monitoring and assessment of urban tourism issues.
- Policy instruments for sustainable tourism in cities.
- New governance frameworks for tourism and urban sustainability.
Participants
- Representatives from major European cities
- Relevant stakeholders working on urban tourism policies (OECD, etc.)
- Researchers, experts and public/private agencies related to urban tourism.
*The morning workshop is under invitation and limited to 30 participants.
The afternoon conference is open to general audience with 100 seats max.
Language of the afternoon conference is Spanish (no translation available).
The entrance at the conference is free, but we thank you to fill the form to help us managing the assistance
