Competing Notions of Diversity in Archipelago Tourism

Transport Logistics, Official Rhetoric and Inter-Island Rivalry in the Azores

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ID5810486
AuthorsGodfrey Baldacchino (0000-0001-7994-1767, University of Prince Edward Island), Eduardo Costa Duarte Ferreira (University of Prince Edward Island)
Year2013
Volume8
Issue1
Pages84-104
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIsland Studies Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1715-2593 • E-ISSN: 1715-2593
PublisherIsland Studies Journal (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.24043/isj.278
OpenAlexW303578471
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited8

Contending and competing geographies are often implicitly involved in archipelagic spaces. Various small island states and territories with multi-island geographies have flourishing tourism industries that presuppose an archipelagic experience: visitors are encouraged to explore and sample different island constituents of the territory. This strategy taps into different tourism niche markets, improves local value added, and shares tourism revenue beyond key nodes and urban centers. The organization of such an important economic activity however often reflects a 'one-size-fits-all', tightly coordinated, frequently contrived process that does not necessarily speak to the cultural and biogeographical forms of diversity that reside in the archipelago. This paper offers the notion of archipelago as a new way of rethinking problems and challenges encountered in island tourism, and then assesses the implications of this conceptualization on the representation of 'the archipelago' in the Azores, Portugal, and reviews what this approach means and implies for sustainable tourism policy

Archipelagic state · Archipelago · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Economic Zones and Regional Development · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs

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