It is a process mainly related to tourism by which the neighbourhoods of large cities have been transformed. The houses that previously belonged to mostly old and lower-middle class people have been bought by investors and companies. These dwellings have been transformed into offices and workplaces, or into houses for touristic use. With this the number of homes for rent or sale for individuals has been decreasing and the price increasing, making it possible to buy or rent in these neighbourhoods only for middle-upper class people. As a result, the neighbourhoods have been modified, the old neighbourhood shops intended to supply the former residents have been disappearing, and the streets have been filled with tourists who in many cases have caused problems to the residents who still live there. New businesses have emerged for these tourists, and for the workers of the workplaces established in these neighbourhoods. The problem of gentrification has been exacerbated by the pandemic caused by the Covid-19, as these holiday homes have been left empty due to travel restrictions. Like the houses that were transformed into offices and workplaces, by an increase in telework, also in the wake of the pandemic. All this has turned old neighbourhoods of residents into inhabited urban centres.
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Sustainability in Tourism After COVID-19: A Systematic Review
Noelia Araújo-Vila (University of Vigo, Spain), Almudena Otegui Carles (University of Vigo, Spain), and Jose Antonio Fraiz-Brea (University of Vigo, Spain)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9285-4.ch007
Abstract
The experts consider sustainability as one of the most noticeable trends during and after the pandemic. For that reason, this chapter seeks to deepen the weight that sustainability has acquired in the tourism sector from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. To achieve this goal, a systematic bibliometric review on sustainability in tourism will be carried out. To carry out this analysis, the authors will search the words “sustainability + tourism + covid” in titles, keywords, and abstracts on Scopus from 2020 until June of 2021. Analysed manuscripts emphasize the role of sustainability in a sector hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic that has led in changes in people touristic behaviour patterns. This chapter shows that a more sustainable awareness emerges from new touristic consumption trends and that companies that have adapted to these new trends are those that could be better positioned in the new context.