The mountainous space as a commodity: the Pyrenees at the age of globalization
In these pages we reflect on the process of transformation of the Catalan Pyrenees from a peripheral and economically decaying area to a first-rate tourism center. Real estate speculation has replaced depopulation. The economic and social value of the territory has dramatically shifted as it has gon...
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2009-12-01
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| description | In these pages we reflect on the process of transformation of the Catalan Pyrenees from a peripheral and economically decaying area to a first-rate tourism center. Real estate speculation has replaced depopulation. The economic and social value of the territory has dramatically shifted as it has gone from supporting low profitability ranching activities to become the space where resorts and parks are built. The paper analyzes the process of commodification and patrimonialization that have reintegrated the area into the national and international leisure markets paying special attention to the role of conservation practices, ski resorts and second residences in such a process. Finally, we attempt to identify the similarities and differences that characterize the two emergent tourism models: mass tourism versus small scale ecotourism. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6a63855ebc39420fbca26f30267faaef2025-01-10T15:55:52ZengInstitut de Géographie AlpineRevue de Géographie Alpine0035-11211760-74262009-12-0197310.4000/rga.1072The mountainous space as a commodity: the Pyrenees at the age of globalizationIsmael VaccaroOriol BeltranIn these pages we reflect on the process of transformation of the Catalan Pyrenees from a peripheral and economically decaying area to a first-rate tourism center. Real estate speculation has replaced depopulation. The economic and social value of the territory has dramatically shifted as it has gone from supporting low profitability ranching activities to become the space where resorts and parks are built. The paper analyzes the process of commodification and patrimonialization that have reintegrated the area into the national and international leisure markets paying special attention to the role of conservation practices, ski resorts and second residences in such a process. Finally, we attempt to identify the similarities and differences that characterize the two emergent tourism models: mass tourism versus small scale ecotourism.https://journals.openedition.org/rga/1072Pyreneesleisure economypatrimonializationgentrification |
| spellingShingle | Ismael Vaccaro Oriol Beltran The mountainous space as a commodity: the Pyrenees at the age of globalization Revue de Géographie Alpine Pyrenees leisure economy patrimonialization gentrification |
| title | The mountainous space as a commodity: the Pyrenees at the age of globalization |
| title_full | The mountainous space as a commodity: the Pyrenees at the age of globalization |
| title_fullStr | The mountainous space as a commodity: the Pyrenees at the age of globalization |
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| title_short | The mountainous space as a commodity: the Pyrenees at the age of globalization |
| title_sort | mountainous space as a commodity the pyrenees at the age of globalization |
| topic | Pyrenees leisure economy patrimonialization gentrification |
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