Is heritage tourism a panacea for rural decline? A comparative study of the Camino de Santiago and the Canal de Castilla in Spain

[En] The aim of this article is to establish whether fostering rural tourism by reuse and promotion of heritage has been able to mitigate the demographic decline in a depopulating area of Spain. Two types of route-based tourism in the north-west of Castile are compared, namely the millenary pilgrima...

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Autores: Hortelano Mínguez, Luis Alfonso, Mansvelt Beck, Jan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión borrador
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
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Palabra clave:Despoblación
España
Camino de Santiago
St. James way
Spain
Depopulation
5401 Geografía Económica
5404.02 Geografía Rural
5403.01 Geografía Cultural
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spelling Is heritage tourism a panacea for rural decline? A comparative study of the Camino de Santiago and the Canal de Castilla in SpainHortelano Mínguez, Luis AlfonsoMansvelt Beck, JanDespoblaciónEspañaCamino de SantiagoSt. James waySpainDepopulation5401 Geografía Económica5404.02 Geografía Rural5403.01 Geografía Cultural[En] The aim of this article is to establish whether fostering rural tourism by reuse and promotion of heritage has been able to mitigate the demographic decline in a depopulating area of Spain. Two types of route-based tourism in the north-west of Castile are compared, namely the millenary pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela and the nineteenth-century Castile Canal. For three decades, public authorities have actively stimulated tourism along these routes in order to retain the population. The findings reveal that public-sector investments and promotion have contributed to the growth of tourism along both routes but have not stopped demographic decline. The lack of revitalisation of the countryside is the result of the preceding rural exodus that has destroyed village communities.Taylor and Francisinfo202420242023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/draftapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10366/155821reponame:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamancainstname:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessoai:gredos.usal.es:10366/1558212026-06-07T06:28:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Is heritage tourism a panacea for rural decline? A comparative study of the Camino de Santiago and the Canal de Castilla in Spain
title Is heritage tourism a panacea for rural decline? A comparative study of the Camino de Santiago and the Canal de Castilla in Spain
spellingShingle Is heritage tourism a panacea for rural decline? A comparative study of the Camino de Santiago and the Canal de Castilla in Spain
Hortelano Mínguez, Luis Alfonso
Despoblación
España
Camino de Santiago
St. James way
Spain
Depopulation
5401 Geografía Económica
5404.02 Geografía Rural
5403.01 Geografía Cultural
title_short Is heritage tourism a panacea for rural decline? A comparative study of the Camino de Santiago and the Canal de Castilla in Spain
title_full Is heritage tourism a panacea for rural decline? A comparative study of the Camino de Santiago and the Canal de Castilla in Spain
title_fullStr Is heritage tourism a panacea for rural decline? A comparative study of the Camino de Santiago and the Canal de Castilla in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Is heritage tourism a panacea for rural decline? A comparative study of the Camino de Santiago and the Canal de Castilla in Spain
title_sort Is heritage tourism a panacea for rural decline? A comparative study of the Camino de Santiago and the Canal de Castilla in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hortelano Mínguez, Luis Alfonso
Mansvelt Beck, Jan
author Hortelano Mínguez, Luis Alfonso
author_facet Hortelano Mínguez, Luis Alfonso
Mansvelt Beck, Jan
author_role author
author2 Mansvelt Beck, Jan
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Despoblación
España
Camino de Santiago
St. James way
Spain
Depopulation
5401 Geografía Económica
5404.02 Geografía Rural
5403.01 Geografía Cultural
topic Despoblación
España
Camino de Santiago
St. James way
Spain
Depopulation
5401 Geografía Económica
5404.02 Geografía Rural
5403.01 Geografía Cultural
description [En] The aim of this article is to establish whether fostering rural tourism by reuse and promotion of heritage has been able to mitigate the demographic decline in a depopulating area of Spain. Two types of route-based tourism in the north-west of Castile are compared, namely the millenary pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela and the nineteenth-century Castile Canal. For three decades, public authorities have actively stimulated tourism along these routes in order to retain the population. The findings reveal that public-sector investments and promotion have contributed to the growth of tourism along both routes but have not stopped demographic decline. The lack of revitalisation of the countryside is the result of the preceding rural exodus that has destroyed village communities.
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