RT Journal Article
T1 Community-based tourism and rural demographic decline. Reflections from Extremadura (Spain)
A1 Ruiz Ballesteros, Esteban
A1 Gálvez García, Mª Cristina
A1 Jaraíz Arroyo, Germán
K1 Community-based tourism
K1 Demographic decline
K1 Rural crisis
K1 Household
AB Policies that aim to tackle rural depopulation have prioritised the development of tourism as a primary strategy to reverse demographic decline. But do we really understand the demographic impact of these community-based tourism initiatives on the development of rural areas in crisis? It is very difficult to address this question from a statistical perspective based on secondary data, because such an approach is unable to establish direct causal relationships between tourism and demographics. In this research, we present an ethnographic case study in Extremadura (Spain) that allows us to implement a scaled analysis of local households to explore the direct links between tourism and demographic evolution based on the economic significance of tourism activities. The results of the study show that there is no substantial demographic effect of tourism, although it has implications for other dimensions of the rural crisis. This conclusion, drawn from one specific but significant case, invites us to reconsider the role of tourism initiatives in the face of the demographic challenge and the appropriate methodologies to study it.
PB Taylor and Francis
YR 2024
FD 2024-07-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23098
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23098
LA en
NO Ruiz-Ballesteros, E., Gálvez-García, C., & Jaraíz-Arroyo, G. (2024). Community-based tourism and rural demographic decline. Reflections from Extremadura (Spain). Current Issues in Tourism, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2024.2371030
NO Departamento Antropología Social, Psicología Básica y Salud Pública
DS RIO
RD May 9, 2026