The mountainous space as a commodity

The Pyrenees at the age of globalization

Bibliographic Data

ID9263167
AuthorsI Vaccaro (0000-0002-7551-4845, British Dietetic Association), Oriol Beltran (British Dietetic Association), Oriol Beltran Costa (0000-0002-2657-1640)
Year2009
Volume97-3
Publication date2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevue de géographie alpine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0035-1121 • E-ISSN: 1760-7426
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/rga.1072
OpenAlexW2004263567
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited13

In these pages we reflect on the process of transformation of the Catalan Pyrenees from a peripheral and economically decaying area to a first-rate tourism center. Real estate speculation has replaced depopulation. The economic and social value of the territory has dramatically shifted as it has gone from supporting low profitability ranching activities to become the space where resorts and parks are built. The paper analyzes the process of commodification and patrimonialization that have reintegrated the area into the national and international leisure markets paying special attention to the role of conservation practices, ski resorts and second residences in such a process. Finally, we attempt to identify the similarities and differences that characterize the two emergent tourism models: mass tourism versus small scale ecotourism

Archaeology · Cartography · Catalan · Commodification · Commodity · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Globalization · Humanities · Market economy · Profitability index · Real estate · Regional science · Scale (ratio) · Space (punctuation) · Speculation · Tourism · Value (mathematics) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Finance · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies

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