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Contested discourses in social tourism: A relational political economy perspective

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  • Bianchi, Raoul V.
  • McCabe, Scott
  • Cisneros-Martínez, José David
  • Andrés Domínguez-Gómez, J.

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Social tourism initiatives often have economic as well as objectives, particularly national schemes such as the Spanish IMSERSO programme, designed to stimulate off-season tourism in mass coastal tourism destinations. Yet, there is little evidence of how such schemes responded to crises or that explores the effects on the tourism industry actors responsible for programme delivery. This article applies a relational political economy approach to assess the contested discourses surrounding the governance of the scheme. We examine the evolution of the IMSERSO programme longitudinally following the global financial crisis and up until the COVID-19 pandemic to assess the relational dynamics at play social tourism governance on destination stakeholders, outlining implications for social tourism policies internationally.

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  • Bianchi, Raoul V. & McCabe, Scott & Cisneros-Martínez, José David & Andrés Domínguez-Gómez, J., 2023. "Contested discourses in social tourism: A relational political economy perspective," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:anture:v:102:y:2023:i:c:s0160738323001135
    DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2023.103640
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