Open AccessTourists Go Home! Examining Antitourism in Barcelona from an Emotions Perspective
Author(s) -
Maria Biendicho,
Eleni Papaoikonomou,
Dolors Setó Pamiés
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
tourism, culture and communication
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.32
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1943-4146
pISSN - 1098-304X
DOI - 10.3727/109830421x16345418234010
Subject(s) - tourism , perspective (graphical) , phenomenon , resistance (ecology) , sociology , advertising , cognition , qualitative analysis , qualitative research , psychology , geography , social science , business , epistemology , ecology , archaeology , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , computer science , biology , philosophy
In many instances, tourism has begun to be perceived by touristic cities’ residents as an important problem. We examine the phenomenon of anti-tourism and in particular, the discourses of rejection and resistance against tourism in the city of Barcelona. Previous research has examined residents’ attitudes and behaviours towards tourism development both from a cognitive and emotional aspect, but we still lack a more qualitative, in-depth understanding of residents’ emotion discourses. Furthermore, for this research, a novel type of dataset has been analyzed, that is, discourses constructed in online media. In particular, the study was based on the analysis of the comment threads of news articles about the touristic impact on Barcelona. In total, 6,916 comments posted in online news articles were examined. This analysis also permitted to observe the interaction between two different actors, the media and the residents, and to see how residents respond to the media’s framings about tourism in Barcelona.