María Del Carmen Mínguez García
Biographic Data
| ID | 4418184 |
|---|---|
| NAME | María Del Carmen Mínguez García |
| GIVEN NAMES | María Del Carmen Mínguez |
| FAMILY NAME | García |
| SIGNATURE | GARCÍA M C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9544-3802 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
La turistificación comercial y su impacto en el valor patrimonial de los sitios históricos
The intensification of tourism activity in major urban destinations has a significant impact on their residential and commercial fabric. This study aims to investigate how commercial and hospitality activities are changing because of strong tourism pressure, and to assess whether these changes are affecting the current heritage value of Madrid’s Plaza Mayor, one of the city’s main historic sites. To this end, a detailed inventory was conducted of…
Measuring the impact of tourism: The development of a tourist congestion risk Indicator
Tourist congestion constitutes a major challenge, as it diminishes both the quality of the tourism experience and residents’ quality of life. This exploratory study proposes an index for measuring tourist congestion based on six indicators related to street infrastructure, urban landscape, tourist demand, and tourist flow characteristics. The index incorporates a risk exposure scale and enables systematic comparison between destinations. The prop…
The geographies of Instagram: Travel influencers and benign travel envy
Building on travel envy and influence in tourism as conceptual frameworks, this study analyses the geographical mobility of social media travel influencers and how they select, represent tourism destinations, and inspire their followers to visit them. Through a mixed-methods approach, including netnography, quantitative and spatial analysis, a total of 34,698 posts from influencers and 9,615 comments from followers, covering a period of three yea…
Touristification and studentification. New dialectics of urban segregation in historical university cities
The Anthropocene and the sustainable development goals: Key elements in geography higher education
Purpose The current “Anthropocene” epoch has witnessed an imbalanced global change, but it is an opportunity to design a better and sustainable future. Sustainability criteria need to be fully implemented in political institutions, companies and universities. Moreover, sustainable pedagogies must accompany the process in terms of students’ professional competences to overcome crisis situations. This paper aims to evaluate geography degrees in Spa…
The Potential of the SMART Learning Framework to Design and Implement Geospatial Curricula in the Secondary Classroom
This study investigates the didactic educational use of Web GIS in the framework of SMART learning and its potential to help students’ practice geospatial thinking. Using qualitative, exploratory action research methods, four classroom experiences were designed, developed, implemented, and analyzed. The findings support the claims that the use of Web GIS facilitates geographic knowledge and enhances spatial and digital competencies and skills. Ad…
Covid-19 as a stimulus for growth? The Spanish journalistic treatment of tourism during confinement
COVID-19 has had a negative effect on tourism activity, highlighting the dependence that many places have on it. Planners and managers have denounced the situation and have addressed it according to their interests: for or against regrowth as a means to overcome this crisis. The academic debate is focused on this polarisation and the possibility that this crisis constitutes an opportunity for change towards a degrowth approach in tourism. However…
From religious tourism to nostalgic pilgrimages. Reflections from Mexico
By exploring the origin, motivation, and behaviour of visitors to the Saint Francis celebration in Real de Catorce (Mexico), this article exposes the link between religious tourism and nostalgic tourism in the case of regional migrants. The methodology was designed to use triangulation of three methods: questionnaires, informal conversational interviews, and direct observation. The results reveal that the celebration has strong family-tradition c…
Archaeological Sites as Peripheral Destinations. Exploring Big Data on Fieldtrips for an Upcoming Response to the Tourism Crisis after the Pandemic
Archaeological heritage sites constitute the most recent addition to the tourism supply of Madrid, one of the most visited regions of Spain. In 2003, the Plan de Yacimientos Visitables (Plan of Archaeological Visitable Sites) was implemented, museumising 21 sites. However, the peripheral nature of these sites and the lack of personnel prevent strict control being carried out of who visits them, the practices of these visitors and how they rate th…
Tourist guides and free tours: A controversial relationship
Like other tourism subsectors, guided tours have been affected by the emergence of the sharing economy. Although this subsector of tourism is not as well known, it constitutes an interesting scenario for studying these new business models and it is also generating debate. This article analyses the uniqueness of the tourist guide services provided through online platforms under the name of free tours. The study includes a bibliographical revision …
Representaciones visuales de los destinos turísticos a través de Internet: El caso de Valladolid (México)
Las imágenes tienen gran importancia en la caracterización de los espacios turísticos y en la \ntoma de decisiones de los visitantes; en este sentido, Internet adquiere gran protagonismo en la búsqueda de \ninformación y en su puesta en común, ofreciendo visiones diferentes y en ocasiones complementarias a las \nofrecidas por las instituciones responsables de la promoción turística. Para conocer la representación visual \nde la localidad de Valla…
Análisis de la visita pública a la Necrópolis Romana de Carmona entre 1885 y 1985
Inaugurada en 1885, la Necrópolis Romana de Carmona es el primer yacimiento en abrirse a la visita pública en España. Este museo ha prestado durante ciento treinta años un continuo servicio a la investigación arqueológica, la educación, el ocio cultural y el turismo, si bien solo el primero de estos aspectos es conocido. A través del estudio del archivo que posee la institución este trabajo profundiza en esos aspectos en el periodo entre 1885 y 1…
Identification of tourist hot spots based on social networks: A comparative analysis of European metropolises using photo-sharing services and GIS
Tourist guides and free tours: A controversial relationship
Like other tourism subsectors, guided tours have been affected by the emergence of the sharing economy. Although this subsector of tourism is not as well known, it constitutes an interesting scenario for studying these new business models and it is also generating debate. This article analyses the uniqueness of the tourist guide services provided through online platforms under the name of free tours. The study includes a bibliographical revision …
Touristification and studentification. New dialectics of urban segregation in historical university cities
From religious tourism to nostalgic pilgrimages. Reflections from Mexico
By exploring the origin, motivation, and behaviour of visitors to the Saint Francis celebration in Real de Catorce (Mexico), this article exposes the link between religious tourism and nostalgic tourism in the case of regional migrants. The methodology was designed to use triangulation of three methods: questionnaires, informal conversational interviews, and direct observation. The results reveal that the celebration has strong family-tradition c…
Representaciones visuales de los destinos turísticos a través de Internet: El caso de Valladolid (México)
Las imágenes tienen gran importancia en la caracterización de los espacios turísticos y en la \ntoma de decisiones de los visitantes; en este sentido, Internet adquiere gran protagonismo en la búsqueda de \ninformación y en su puesta en común, ofreciendo visiones diferentes y en ocasiones complementarias a las \nofrecidas por las instituciones responsables de la promoción turística. Para conocer la representación visual \nde la localidad de Valla…
Análisis de la visita pública a la Necrópolis Romana de Carmona entre 1885 y 1985
Inaugurada en 1885, la Necrópolis Romana de Carmona es el primer yacimiento en abrirse a la visita pública en España. Este museo ha prestado durante ciento treinta años un continuo servicio a la investigación arqueológica, la educación, el ocio cultural y el turismo, si bien solo el primero de estos aspectos es conocido. A través del estudio del archivo que posee la institución este trabajo profundiza en esos aspectos en el periodo entre 1885 y 1…
Identification of tourist hot spots based on social networks: A comparative analysis of European metropolises using photo-sharing services and GIS
Representaciones visuales de los destinos turísticos a través de Internet: El caso de Valladolid (México)
Las imágenes tienen gran importancia en la caracterización de los espacios turísticos y en la \ntoma de decisiones de los visitantes; en este sentido, Internet adquiere gran protagonismo en la búsqueda de \ninformación y en su puesta en común, ofreciendo visiones diferentes y en ocasiones complementarias a las \nofrecidas por las instituciones responsables de la promoción turística. Para conocer la representación visual \nde la localidad de Valla…
Archaeological Sites as Peripheral Destinations. Exploring Big Data on Fieldtrips for an Upcoming Response to the Tourism Crisis after the Pandemic
Archaeological heritage sites constitute the most recent addition to the tourism supply of Madrid, one of the most visited regions of Spain. In 2003, the Plan de Yacimientos Visitables (Plan of Archaeological Visitable Sites) was implemented, museumising 21 sites. However, the peripheral nature of these sites and the lack of personnel prevent strict control being carried out of who visits them, the practices of these visitors and how they rate th…
Tourist guides and free tours: A controversial relationship
Like other tourism subsectors, guided tours have been affected by the emergence of the sharing economy. Although this subsector of tourism is not as well known, it constitutes an interesting scenario for studying these new business models and it is also generating debate. This article analyses the uniqueness of the tourist guide services provided through online platforms under the name of free tours. The study includes a bibliographical revision …
Covid-19 as a stimulus for growth? The Spanish journalistic treatment of tourism during confinement
COVID-19 has had a negative effect on tourism activity, highlighting the dependence that many places have on it. Planners and managers have denounced the situation and have addressed it according to their interests: for or against regrowth as a means to overcome this crisis. The academic debate is focused on this polarisation and the possibility that this crisis constitutes an opportunity for change towards a degrowth approach in tourism. However…
From religious tourism to nostalgic pilgrimages. Reflections from Mexico
By exploring the origin, motivation, and behaviour of visitors to the Saint Francis celebration in Real de Catorce (Mexico), this article exposes the link between religious tourism and nostalgic tourism in the case of regional migrants. The methodology was designed to use triangulation of three methods: questionnaires, informal conversational interviews, and direct observation. The results reveal that the celebration has strong family-tradition c…
The Anthropocene and the sustainable development goals: Key elements in geography higher education
Purpose The current “Anthropocene” epoch has witnessed an imbalanced global change, but it is an opportunity to design a better and sustainable future. Sustainability criteria need to be fully implemented in political institutions, companies and universities. Moreover, sustainable pedagogies must accompany the process in terms of students’ professional competences to overcome crisis situations. This paper aims to evaluate geography degrees in Spa…
The Potential of the SMART Learning Framework to Design and Implement Geospatial Curricula in the Secondary Classroom
This study investigates the didactic educational use of Web GIS in the framework of SMART learning and its potential to help students’ practice geospatial thinking. Using qualitative, exploratory action research methods, four classroom experiences were designed, developed, implemented, and analyzed. The findings support the claims that the use of Web GIS facilitates geographic knowledge and enhances spatial and digital competencies and skills. Ad…
Touristification and studentification. New dialectics of urban segregation in historical university cities
La turistificación comercial y su impacto en el valor patrimonial de los sitios históricos
The intensification of tourism activity in major urban destinations has a significant impact on their residential and commercial fabric. This study aims to investigate how commercial and hospitality activities are changing because of strong tourism pressure, and to assess whether these changes are affecting the current heritage value of Madrid’s Plaza Mayor, one of the city’s main historic sites. To this end, a detailed inventory was conducted of…
Measuring the impact of tourism: The development of a tourist congestion risk Indicator
Tourist congestion constitutes a major challenge, as it diminishes both the quality of the tourism experience and residents’ quality of life. This exploratory study proposes an index for measuring tourist congestion based on six indicators related to street infrastructure, urban landscape, tourist demand, and tourist flow characteristics. The index incorporates a risk exposure scale and enables systematic comparison between destinations. The prop…
The geographies of Instagram: Travel influencers and benign travel envy
Building on travel envy and influence in tourism as conceptual frameworks, this study analyses the geographical mobility of social media travel influencers and how they select, represent tourism destinations, and inspire their followers to visit them. Through a mixed-methods approach, including netnography, quantitative and spatial analysis, a total of 34,698 posts from influencers and 9,615 comments from followers, covering a period of three yea…
Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (8 works) · Tourism (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Destinations (4 works) · Digital Marketing and Social Media (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)