Before Covid-19, the debate on tourism flows oscillated between complaints about touristification and the attempt to govern overtourism with instruments that were not always effective. Since the pandemic, the issue has focused on the concrete effects of tourism on the lives of city residents. This text considers the changes brought about by tourism in Palermo’s historic centre, discussing the neo-liberal urban policies that have guided the most recent choices of the municipality. Through semi-structured interviews, discourse analysis and critical visual analysis, the text also highlights the contradictions in the discourses of those who contest touristification, those who govern the city and those who represent it, with the aim of reflecting theoretically on the forms of touristification in Southern Europe and the development prospects of the Palermo case.
Prima del Covid-19, il dibattito sui flussi turistici oscillava tra le denunce legate alla touristification e il tentativo di governare l’overtourism con strumenti non sempre efficaci. Dopo la pandemia, la questione si è incentrata sulle ricadute concrete che il turismo comporta per la vita dei e delle residenti. Questo testo prende in considerazione i cambiamenti provocati dal turismo nel centro storico di Palermo, discutendo le politiche urbane neoliberiste che hanno orientato le più recenti scelte dell’amministrazione comunale. Attraverso interviste semi-strutturate a testimoni privilegiati, discourse analysis e critical visual analysis, il testo evidenzia anche le contraddizioni nei discorsi di chi contesta la touristification, di chi governa la città e di chi la rappresenta, con l’obiettivo di riflettere in chiave teorica sulle forme di touristification nel Sud Europa e sulle prospettive di sviluppo del caso palermitano.
Picone, M. (2025). La città delle rose. Dinamiche della turistificazione palermitana. RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA, CXXXII(1), 22-41 [10.3280/rgioa1-2025oa19488].
La città delle rose. Dinamiche della turistificazione palermitana
Picone, Marco
2025-03-01
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Before Covid-19, the debate on tourism flows oscillated between complaints about touristification and the attempt to govern overtourism with instruments that were not always effective. Since the pandemic, the issue has focused on the concrete effects of tourism on the lives of city residents. This text considers the changes brought about by tourism in Palermo’s historic centre, discussing the neo-liberal urban policies that have guided the most recent choices of the municipality. Through semi-structured interviews, discourse analysis and critical visual analysis, the text also highlights the contradictions in the discourses of those who contest touristification, those who govern the city and those who represent it, with the aim of reflecting theoretically on the forms of touristification in Southern Europe and the development prospects of the Palermo case.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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