I would like to see some changes”

Tourism as perceived by Canarians

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12697665
AutoresKristín Loftsdóttir (0000-0003-3491-724X, University of Iceland, Iceland, autor de correspondencia), Robert Gomes Santana (0000-0001-6073-9438, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), Álvaro Franco Montesdeoca (0000-0002-3393-2192, Independent Researcher, Spain)
Año2025
Volumen25
Número3
Páginas272-292
Fecha de publicación2025-08-17
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTourist Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1468-7976 • E-ISSN: 1741-3206
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/14687976251363224
OpenAlexW4413344599
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas51

This article focuses on tourism in Gran Canaria as experienced by residents working within or in relation to the tourism industry. We locate the voices of our interlocutors in a geopolitical context, using critical theoretical perspectives that have called for more engagement with inequalities entangled with tourism and produced by tourism mobilities. The COVID-19 crisis was instrumental in changing our research participants’ perspectives on the future, as reflected by the recent mobilization against mass tourism in the Canary Islands. Our research participants reflect an intersecting discontent with touristification, often highlighting structural issues that, as scholars have noted—show overtourism is not merely about visitor numbers but also about structural and geopolitical inequalities and questions of justice. Participants stressed that many pre-existing problems intensified after the COVID-19 pandemic, such as housing issues and everyday living costs

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