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Tourist modernisation and social legitimation in Spain
Author(s) -
Mantecón Alejandro
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.784
Subject(s) - legitimation , modernization theory , tourism , phenomenon , urbanization , social phenomenon , political science , economic geography , funnel , economy , sociology , economic system , geography , social science , economics , economic growth , epistemology , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , politics
Spain's modernisation has been based, to a large extent, on the so‐called ‘residential tourism’. Its two‐fold nature—as a production model and a type of lifestyle migration—has complex repercussions. The aim of this paper is to delve, with a qualitative approach, into the key factors that explain the current social legitimation of this process by the Spanish society. The research suggests that the process is legitimated by its definition as an essentially tourism phenomenon. The label ‘tourism’ acts as some sort of ‘funnel’ that would not allow to go through it the problems associated with lifestyle migration or urbanisation. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.