Details
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 157-170 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Journal of Tourism Futures |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 11 Sept 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to clarify the administrative problematisations of conflict-prone urban tourism (e.g. noise) as political processes predetermining the future of city tourism. It is shaped by today’s administrative ways of knowing increasing visitor pressure as an issue for urban (tourism) development. Design/methodology/approach: The problematisation of conflictive urban tourism in Berlin is used as case study and lens to analyse how administrative bodies see conflictive tourism like a tourist city. Drawing on Mariana Valverde’s idea of Seeing Like a City (2011), the paper demonstrates how disparate governmental bodies see and reduce the complexity of conflicts resulting from tourism in order to handle it. The authors use policy documents as the basis for the analysis. Findings: The paper provides empirical insights about how political knowledge on urban tourism conflicts is produced in Berlin. The marginalisation of these conflicts on the federal state level seemingly aces out the calls for action on the borough level (Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg). According to these disparate modes of problematisation, older and younger governmental gazes on conflictive tourism and its future relevance interrelate in contingent combination. Originality/value: This paper fills a gap in the existing urban tourism literature, by focussing on the definition of policy problems by governmental bodies as powerfully linked to the availability of solutions.
Keywords
- Administrative problematizations, Berlin, Seeing Like a City, Tourism policy, Visitor pressure, “Touristification”
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Business, Management and Accounting(all)
- Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
- Environmental Science(all)
- Nature and Landscape Conservation
- Environmental Science(all)
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
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In: Journal of Tourism Futures, Vol. 3, No. 2, 11.09.2017, p. 157-170.
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