Territorial Diversity and Different Approaches to Tourism from Geography in Spain

Abstract

The anglophone hegemony in the scientific sphere sidelines a large number of studies published in many other languages and from other cultural perspectives. This under-representation impoverishes the scientific debate, necessitating approaches that incorporate both of these aspects. Many academic studies in the field of tourism geography conducted by Spanish scientists are difficult to disseminate in non-Spanish-speaking international environments. The domestic perspective, or that of insiders, of these scientists residing in Spain bestows them with special codes for conducting interpretations and analyses based on their everyday proximity to a territory characterised by its intense touristification. The tourism and real estate specialisation that Spanish society, together with its territory and institutions, have forged since the beginning of “developmentalism” permeates this scientific analysis.