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Atemporal tourism

Sergio Jiménez Usabal

Grado en Turismo

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Index

  1. Theoretical framework
  2. Problems
  3. Examples
  4. Proposal
  5. Conclusions

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What does it mean?

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Definition: Atemporal

“That is outside of time or transcends it.” (RAE y DLE)

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Definition: Seasonality

“The fact that something changes according to the seasons” (Cambridge dictionary)

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Problems

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A close example:

Source: Las calles vuelven a llenarse de turistas en el puente de diciembre.Telediario de fin de semana, RTVE. 7/ 12 / 2024

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How do we apply this in tourism?

Tip

The seasonality has positive or negative impacts?

And what if we try to make atemporal?

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  • Respectful
  • Sustainable
  • Eco Friendly

Atemporal vs. Seasonality

  • Massive
  • Non sustainable
  • Overcrowded

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Is it possible? Of course.

(And we even have examples)

Tip

Everything is possible; If you can dream it, you can do it.

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Examples

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Vélez - Málaga

  • Most recent case
  • “Whenever you want” (FITUR 2023)

Source: Qué Ver En Vélez-Málaga - Viajes el Corte Inglés, s. f.

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Mijas - Málaga

  • A plan from 2018
  • All parts had a voice (locals, enterprises & promoters)
  • Values & conscience

Source: own production

Source: Plan Estratégico de Turismo de Mijas. (2023). En Ayuntamiento de Mijas. Recuperado 19 de diciembre de 2024, de https://turismo.mijas.es/es/documentos-de-analisis-turistico/plan-estrategico-de-turismo-de-mijas

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Proposal

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Changes in normative for making a tourism more sustainable & respectful on a National focus.

What if do we make it a National level?

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A National Plan ?

  • Respecting local lifestyle
  • Input norms for make it sustainable
  • Have on count all parts & environment

Source: Turismo (2021)

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Conclusion

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

Tip

We can save the planet, but we are running out of time.

Source: own production