Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15378/1848-9540.2023.46.06
Issues and Challenges of Overtourism in the City of Hvar
Jasna Čapo
orcid.org/0000-0001-6181-2860
; Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb
Abstract
Bearing in mind the term “overtourism,” the paper analyzes the perceptions of the local population about the negative impact of tourism in the specific spatial, temporal, demographic, and socio-economic context of the city of Hvar. It demonstrates that the negative effects of
tourism in the city bear resemblance to those in other places exposed to overtourism, but also that the local context (size and space of the city, the monoculture of tourism and its seasonality, and the engagement of the entire population in tourism) compound the social and material effects of overtourism in the city and makes it difficult to stop its growth and influence. The analysis is based on ethnographic research and monitoring of social networks.
Keywords
mass tourism; overtourism; city of Hvar; hosts and guests
Hrčak ID:
311820
URI
Publication date:
20.12.2023.
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