Considering urban tourism in strategic spatial planning

This paper addresses how strategic spatial planning is considering urban tourism, a phenomenon that has an increasing impact on the development of cities. A research approach interlinking urban tourism and spatial planning is conceptualised based on responsiveness theory and applied to a case study...

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Main Authors: David Klepej, Naja Marot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-11-01
Series:Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957924000181
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description This paper addresses how strategic spatial planning is considering urban tourism, a phenomenon that has an increasing impact on the development of cities. A research approach interlinking urban tourism and spatial planning is conceptualised based on responsiveness theory and applied to a case study of ten medium-sized Central European cities. Descriptive statistical analysis of the presence of tourism in cities and policy analysis of strategic spatial planning documents enable a comparison analysis of the level of consideration of tourism alongside screening of proposed tourism-related measures. The paper reveals that strategic spatial planning documents are not responsive enough to tourism growth, and there is a lack of strategic measures steering towards sustainable tourism development in cities.
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spelling doaj-art-8a91ad0e1f7749749b6f1a4f174dfaa52024-12-13T11:06:46ZengElsevierAnnals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights2666-95792024-11-0152100136Considering urban tourism in strategic spatial planningDavid Klepej0Naja Marot1Department of Landscape Architecture, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Kardeljeva ploščad 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; Corresponding author.Department of Landscape Architecture, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana, SloveniaThis paper addresses how strategic spatial planning is considering urban tourism, a phenomenon that has an increasing impact on the development of cities. A research approach interlinking urban tourism and spatial planning is conceptualised based on responsiveness theory and applied to a case study of ten medium-sized Central European cities. Descriptive statistical analysis of the presence of tourism in cities and policy analysis of strategic spatial planning documents enable a comparison analysis of the level of consideration of tourism alongside screening of proposed tourism-related measures. The paper reveals that strategic spatial planning documents are not responsive enough to tourism growth, and there is a lack of strategic measures steering towards sustainable tourism development in cities.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957924000181Strategic spatial planningUrban tourismMedium-sized citiesCentral EuropeResponsivenessPolicy analysis
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Considering urban tourism in strategic spatial planning
Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights
Strategic spatial planning
Urban tourism
Medium-sized cities
Central Europe
Responsiveness
Policy analysis
title Considering urban tourism in strategic spatial planning
title_full Considering urban tourism in strategic spatial planning
title_fullStr Considering urban tourism in strategic spatial planning
title_full_unstemmed Considering urban tourism in strategic spatial planning
title_short Considering urban tourism in strategic spatial planning
title_sort considering urban tourism in strategic spatial planning
topic Strategic spatial planning
Urban tourism
Medium-sized cities
Central Europe
Responsiveness
Policy analysis
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957924000181
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