395 research outputs found
Coastal landscape and 'disappearing' territories
No full textThe relationship between climate and tourism is very close, and this connection is even more evident for tourism in coastal areas. The various impacts of climate change have long been obvious in many destinations. In addition, like all sectors, also tourism contributes to the production and emission of greenhouse gases, with devastating consequences for certain areas. Through a case study, this contribution aims to reflect on territories that are disappearing due to climate change combined with excessive tourism. A new form of tourism, known as last chance tourism, has emerged as a result. In recent decades, warming in the Mediterranean has been much faster than in the rest of the world, causing serious territorial and economic consequences. Entire areas traditionally dedicated to tourism today have to deal with a drastic decrease in the number of tourists or, in some cases, an excessive increase in them to visit places with an uncertain future
Quali percorsi attrattivi e di resilienza per il futuro dei piccoli borghi? Il caso di Pietrapertosa e Castelmezzano / What attractive and resilient paths for the future of small villages? The case of Pietrapertosa and Castelmezzano
No full textIl concetto di resilienza ha beneficiato in questi ultimi anni di un’intensa diffusione mediatica. É diventato rilevante comprendere e gestire la resilienza in particolare di territori vulnerabili, i borghi ed i centri minori, a seconda la differente localizzazione e dimensione. L’attuale pandemia sta determinando un riassetto e/o l’equilibrio economico iniziale dei territori, dopo il periodo di incertezza determinato dallo shock inziale. Lo scopo del contributo è quello di rispondere ad alcune domande; che futuro di ripresa hanno i borghi all’indomani della crisi pandemica? Quali sono le efficienti strategie per imprimere loro una nuova centralità? Dal punto di vista metodologico, dopo una disamina della letteratura esistente sul tema della resilienza e la sua importanza nell’analisi territoriale, si analizzano casi studio di borghi dell’area del mezzogiorno d’Italia per mezzo di indicatori sociali ed economici, facendo emergere nello specifico le strategie esistenti e le possibili soluzioni per rispondere alle esigenze dell’immediato futuro e consolidare un processo di sviluppo innovativo.The concept of resilience has benefited from a great media coverage in recent years. It has become important to understand and manage the resilience in particular of vulnerable territories, villages and smaller centres, depending on the different location and size. The current pandemic is causing an economic reorganization and rebalancing of the territories, after the initial period of uncertainty and fear. The purpose of the contribution is to answer some questions; what future of recovery do the villages have in the aftermath of the pandemic crisis? What are the efficient strategies to give them a new centrality? From a methodological point of view, after an examination of the existing literature on the topic of resilience and its importance in the territorial analysis, two case studies of villages in the southern Italian area will be analysed by means of social and economic indicators, bringing out in the specific existing strategies and possible solutions to meet the needs of the immediate future and consolidate an innovative development process
Saint Nicola’s Feast in Bari: Before and After COVID-19. A Short Reflection
Full text linkThis research note has three primary goals. First, it seeks to analyse the field of religious tourism in terms of the impact of the health emergency caused by Covid-19. Second, it offers knowledge of religious tourism in Bari with its San Nicola patron feast that reflects key areas of academic insight into the religion–tourism nexus. Third, it synthesises perceptions of devotees, locals, tourism professionals and spiritual guides using the method of photography as a research technique. As a result of this reflection, the paper will show that faith and the inner experiences of the pilgrims will remain while religious tourism will change post Covid-19
La fruizione del patrimonio culturale attraverso il videomapping. Un’analisi del sito di Alberobello
Full text linkThe paper offers a reflection on the usefulness and effectiveness of technological applications that increase the experiential and sensorial perception of tourist places, in particular videomapping, an application of technology that consists in projecting graphic images on real surfaces, obtaining effects 3D projection. After introducing the importance and the multiple contexts in which this technology is used and the economic value of the market linked to its diffusion, we take into consideration the support that it can offer to the promotion of cultural heritage assets but also of sites, through the experience of the Festival of Lights in Alberobello, in the Apulia region. From a methodological point of view, the contribution is based on a qualitative research that includes semi-structured interviews with interested subjects (institutional actors, entrepreneurs, visitors) and visual methods of the explicit case. The results show a greater influx of tourists following the digital innovation applied to the site investigated
From Food to Religion: Two Case Studies in the South of Italy
No full textThis research aims to understand the connection between food and religious events and how they
have become a focus of new tourist routes in the ‘year of the restart’, a time period marked by the
end of the COVID-19 pandemic. The combination of religion and food seems to be successful in
attracting tourists in the new scenarios created by the pandemic. The research aims to examine
the potential for combining religious tourism with local food to enhance the attractiveness and
competitiveness of destinations, using two case studies from Saint Aghata in Catania and Saint
Nicholas in Bari, Italy. The findings of the study suggest that food is an important aspect of religious
events, it plays a role in the expression of cultural identity, and the support of local economies.
This study adds to the existing literature on food and religious events, and it offers insights into the
complex relationship between food, faith, and tourism
Places and Religious Bands. Explorations in spiritual tourism
Full text linkThe tourist experiences are multisensory and tourism should involve various sensescapes although most of the tourists recognize the importance of the soundscape to their experiences, sound and the soundscape are seldom taken into consideration when choosing a destination (Liu et al., 2017, p. 12). Musical component is currently among less explored fields of religious tourism. Can music be included in its multiple expressions? From a first survey it would seem that although it does not appear to be the main motivation of religious travel, it is in fact a complementary component and completes the experience. This paper contributes to the emerging field of multisensory tourism research by confirming that religious experiences are not only interior but also involves other sensory experiences, thus tourists’ sensory experience should be included as a key factor in any comprehensive tourist satisfaction assessment. The limits are still wide, but next to a series of theoretical questions to explore, the spatial, cultural, sound and emotional aspects appear interesting. Actually, tourism studies have tended to ignore the importance of sonic ways of knowing (Waitt, Duffy, 2010)
Fearless women travelers. Religion and more
No full textThe term ‘pilgrim’ is derived from the notion of pilgrimage. Historically a pilgrim was as a person
who walked to a shrine or holy place out of religious motivation. Also, the experience of pilgrimage
embodies the pilgrim’s desire to seek or manifest his or her identity and value as a person. Using
gender as a lens, women in all cultures, sometimes even without the ability to read or write, have
found ways to travel in spiritual ways of knowing. The testimonies of women travellers go back a
long way in the centuries; there are many who have challenged the risks and social conventions of
their times to satisfy their most disparate needs for knowledge and experience. The oldest surviving
female testimony comes from the traveller Egeria who in the 4th century set out from Galicia
to the Mediterranean to reach the Holy Land, using the Bible as a guide. Later, in the late ninth
century, Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir travelled from Iceland to multiple destinations including Rome
on a pilgrimage. Often, however, the religious motivation of women travellers was also a search
for their own interiority as in the case of Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969). The article discusses
women’s lives as a religious traveller to explain that the choice of travel destination can be seen
as a manifestation of spiritual awareness of the notion of life’s journey (religious or not) and can
be a means of expressing one’s personal or social identity, or a search for or reaffirmation of one’s
identity
Il viaggio religioso dalla componente sonora, culturale e ambientale alla circolazione economica
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