Cities, tourism and slowness

• Autores: Giovanni Tocci
• Localización: Turismo residencial: Nuevos estilos de vida: de turistas a residentes / coord. por Tomás Manuel Mazón Martínez, 2018, ISBN 978-84-1302-011-2, págs. 451-466
• Idioma: español
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  • [INTRO] In post-modern society, the concept of velocity has increasingly assumed importance because it is considered synonymous of efficiency, capacity and competence. This rapidity has set a growing gap between a slow world and an increasingly fast one with a consequent negative impact, especially on the cities as well as on the lifestyles of citizens. On the other hand, slowness has gradually established itself as a kind of manifesto which opposes the dominant system of values and reaffirms the importance of other dimensions of life in addition to labour and productivity.

    In this scenario, over the last years, several models of sustainability have been developed, and among these Slow Cities play an important role (Ball 2015; Grzelak-Kostulska, Holowiecka and Kwiatkowski 2011; Heitmann, Robinson e Povery 2011; Knox 2005; Miele 2008; Pink, 2008).

    The vast majority of studies on urban sustainability (Haughton and Hunter 2004; James et al. 2015; Mayer and Knox 2006, 2010; Polese and Stren 2000) point out how the latest internationally adopted eco-compatible strategies praise the concept of slowness, not only combining cities of the slow network Cittaslow1, but also urban centres of all sizes.

    However, slowness has now imposed with force as an independent concept, and it is evident how this notion also substantially represents the convergence point of all the principles of environmental science and sustainable and responsible tourism. In fact, this concept has increasingly affirmed in recent times as a result of a growing attention to the responsibility and sustainability of all aspects of urban life, including tourism.