May the Smoke Keep Coming Out the Fireplace: Moral Connections between Rural Tourism and Socio-Ecological Resilience in the EUME Region, Galicia
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May the Smoke Keep Coming Out the Fireplace: Moral Connections between Rural Tourism and Socio-Ecological Resilience in the EUME Region, GaliciaDate
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Álvarez, B.M.; Cortes-Vazquez, J.A. “May the Smoke Keep Coming Out the Fireplace”: Moral Connections between Rural Tourism and Socio-Ecological Resilience in the EUME Region, Galicia. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4602. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114602
Abstract
[Abstract] For several decades, tourism has been considered an important instrument for the
sustainable development of rural areas. However, a great deal of scholarship has cast a doubt on the
actual economic and ecological impacts of many of these initiatives. Acknowledging these critiques,
we argue in this paper that a more accurate examination of the implication of rural development
projects based on tourism should not merely look at the number of overnight stays or the income
generated, but also at the multiple, subtle and complex implications of tourism for socio-ecological
resilience. In order to do this, we argue, it is crucial to pay attention to the moral values underpinning
tourism practices. Through an ethnographic analysis of the material, symbolic and experiential
transformations brought about by a number of tourism initiatives in a rural region in Galicia, our goal
is to discuss the complex connections between the promotion of this new activity, the diversification
of the local economy, and the social reproduction of local communities and their specific forms of
human-environment engagements.
Keywords
Tourism
Resilience
Sustainability
Galicia
Community
Moral economy
Resilience
Sustainability
Galicia
Community
Moral economy
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2071-1050