JENNIFER ALYNM RODRÍGUEZ CALDÓN

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS, ADMINISTRATIVAS Y CONTABLES

ADMINISTRACIÓN TURÍSTICA Y HOTELERA
http://www.viajesyturismoaldia.com/2010/12/02/%C2%BFque-es-la-turismofobia/

https://lasillarota.com/mundo/las-5-ciudades-con-turismofobia/170536

TURISMOFOBIA

 El ejemplo en turismo está ocurriendo recientemente con la llamada economía

colaborativa, donde plataformas como Airbnb ofrecen departamentos de particulares como
espacio de hospedaje para viajeros, lo que ha resultado en un aumento en el costo de las
rentas que sólo los turistas están dispuestos a pagar.
También será común como ya lo está siendo, toparnos con el término “Turistificación”,
cuyo significado apunta hacia la parte negativa del turismo excesivo o de masas, y hace
referencia al cambio que sufren las ciudades que orientan sus esfuerzos principalmente o
únicamente al turista. Es decir, los comercios, instalaciones o servicios,  se acondicionan
para el turista, olvidándose del residente, ocasionando que el costo de vida sólo pueda ser
solventado por los turistas.

Las consecuencias se traducen en manifestaciones, marchas o carteles en las calles por parte
de la ciudadanía manifestando su descontento con el turismo, tal como ocurrió en Venecia,
donde por culpa del turismo irresponsable, llamaron cerdos a los turistas.

¿Por qué se produce la turismofobia?

A pesar de que especialistas han asegurado que el problema no es directamente con los
turistas, sino con las políticas turísticas, lo cierto es que la explotación de los destinos
turísticos destruye el tejido social y tiende a un decrecimiento de la calidad de vida local.
 JENNIFER ALYNM RODRÍGUEZ CALDÓN
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS, ADMINISTRATIVAS Y CONTABLES
ADMINISTRACIÓN TURÍSTICA Y HOTELERA
DO YOU CONTRIBUTE TO THE TOURISMPHOBIA?
For a long time, tourism has been one of the activities that contributes most to the world
economy. Many people are motivated to visit different countries, either for pleasure or for business.
However, many people do not perform this activity in the best way and for this reason we can find
new concepts such as overtourism or tourismphobia.
What is it tourismphobia?
Tourismphobia is the fear or social rejection that local citizens feel against tourists. This
phenomenon has begun to increase in many places around the world and it is given by the result of
bad planning of tourist destinations and is reflected in the large number of tourists that arrive at the
cities, who generate more problems than solutions. This notion, appears when the carrying capacity
of a destination is affected, that means, when a physical space arrives tourists in excess and the
environment begins to deteriorate, so local people feel uncomfortable.
A tourist destination goes through five stages which are euphoria, apathy, annoyance,
antagonism and surrender by the effect of tourism. At the beginning, tourists are welcome in the
destination because they represent a novelty (euphoria) and a positive change for the city, until they
become so common that there is apathy or indifference towards them, becoming and annoyance.
The two last ones stages (antagonism and surrender) are part of the tourismphobia, here is
when local people begin to experiment a rejection towards the excess of visitors and it could end in
surrender where the only solution is accepted the transformation of the environment.
The main tourist destinations with tourismphobia are: Barcelona (Spain), Venice (Italy),
Santorini (Greece), Amsterdam (Netherlands), by factors such as:
- It breaks with the daily life of citizens
- Increase in rental prices
- Increase in living costs
- You cannot travel calmly and quietly through tourist places
- Degradation of the ecosystem and natural areas
- Destruction of flora and fauna
- Excessive noise
- Traffic
- Environmental pollution
In conclusion, although tourism, in many cases, has great positive impacts on destinations such as:
generation of employment, great contribution to the economy of the place, potential to attract
investment, etc. Tourists do not understand or respect the norms and cultures of the different
destinations and this is what causes rejection by local people; In addition to the large masses that for
lack of control deteriorate the great attractions.