Didactic use of GIS and Street View for Tourism Degree students: understanding commercial gentrification in large urban destinations

Tourism gentrification, as a complex phenomenon in large urban destinations, is an important topic for future tourism professionals. The aim of this paper is to offer a digital cartography making activity based on the contemporary dynamics of commercial transformation within tourism gentrification c...

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Main Authors: Carlos Martínez-Hernández, Claudia Yubero, Elena Ferreiro-Calzada, Sofía Mendoza-de Miguel
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Published: Universidad de Alicante, Instituto Interuniversitario de Geografía 2021-06-01
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Online Access:https://www.investigacionesgeograficas.com/article/view/2020-Didactic-use-of-GIS-and-Street-View-for-Tourism-Degree-students
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author Carlos Martínez-Hernández
Claudia Yubero
Elena Ferreiro-Calzada
Sofía Mendoza-de Miguel
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description Tourism gentrification, as a complex phenomenon in large urban destinations, is an important topic for future tourism professionals. The aim of this paper is to offer a digital cartography making activity based on the contemporary dynamics of commercial transformation within tourism gentrification contexts in Madrid in order to facilitate its understanding. This innovative teaching activity is in accordance with the sustainable tourism pedagogy approach and follows an active methodology using three different GIS applications: Google Street View, ESRI ArcGIS Desktop and ESRI ArcGIS Online Story Maps application. A 4-phase methodological design is proposed so that the activity is customizable (1- recognition of previous ideas), achievable (2- significant streets’ mapping), collaborative (3- collective idea-sharing) and replicable (4- academic and didactic evaluation). Finally, the results from an initial implementation are brought to light: i) an initial conceptual lack was found, ii) examples that help to see the proposal materialized are shown and iii) expected positive consequences according to the scientific literature are presented. It is concluded that, despite the scarce bibliography, the use of GIS software and Google Street View in tourism higher education is convenient, not only to facilitate the learning of complex territorial phenomena but also to learn digital tools highly valued in the professional field.
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spelling doaj-art-80ffc71cce6b4f8da91b33cc81622dca2025-08-20T01:57:49ZengUniversidad de Alicante, Instituto Interuniversitario de GeografíaInvestigaciones Geográficas1989-98902021-06-01756110.14198/INGEO2020.MYFMDidactic use of GIS and Street View for Tourism Degree students: understanding commercial gentrification in large urban destinationsCarlos Martínez-Hernándezhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6526-6905Claudia Yuberohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5731-333XElena Ferreiro-Calzadahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2981-1988Sofía Mendoza-de Miguelhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-6234Tourism gentrification, as a complex phenomenon in large urban destinations, is an important topic for future tourism professionals. The aim of this paper is to offer a digital cartography making activity based on the contemporary dynamics of commercial transformation within tourism gentrification contexts in Madrid in order to facilitate its understanding. This innovative teaching activity is in accordance with the sustainable tourism pedagogy approach and follows an active methodology using three different GIS applications: Google Street View, ESRI ArcGIS Desktop and ESRI ArcGIS Online Story Maps application. A 4-phase methodological design is proposed so that the activity is customizable (1- recognition of previous ideas), achievable (2- significant streets’ mapping), collaborative (3- collective idea-sharing) and replicable (4- academic and didactic evaluation). Finally, the results from an initial implementation are brought to light: i) an initial conceptual lack was found, ii) examples that help to see the proposal materialized are shown and iii) expected positive consequences according to the scientific literature are presented. It is concluded that, despite the scarce bibliography, the use of GIS software and Google Street View in tourism higher education is convenient, not only to facilitate the learning of complex territorial phenomena but also to learn digital tools highly valued in the professional field.https://www.investigacionesgeograficas.com/article/view/2020-Didactic-use-of-GIS-and-Street-View-for-Tourism-Degree-students
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Didactic use of GIS and Street View for Tourism Degree students: understanding commercial gentrification in large urban destinations
Investigaciones Geográficas
title Didactic use of GIS and Street View for Tourism Degree students: understanding commercial gentrification in large urban destinations
title_full Didactic use of GIS and Street View for Tourism Degree students: understanding commercial gentrification in large urban destinations
title_fullStr Didactic use of GIS and Street View for Tourism Degree students: understanding commercial gentrification in large urban destinations
title_full_unstemmed Didactic use of GIS and Street View for Tourism Degree students: understanding commercial gentrification in large urban destinations
title_short Didactic use of GIS and Street View for Tourism Degree students: understanding commercial gentrification in large urban destinations
title_sort didactic use of gis and street view for tourism degree students understanding commercial gentrification in large urban destinations
url https://www.investigacionesgeograficas.com/article/view/2020-Didactic-use-of-GIS-and-Street-View-for-Tourism-Degree-students
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