From Overtourism to Sustainability Governance

Harald Pechlaner is Head of the Center for Advanced Studies at Eurac Research, Chair of Tourism and founding Dean of the School of Transformation and Sustainability at the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt. His research area covers sustainable destination development and selected questions about global governance combined with economics and politics. Since 2014 he has been Adjunct Research Professor at Curtin University (Perth, Australia) and President of AIEST (Association Internationale d’Experts Scientifiques du Tourisme), the oldest tourism experts’ association, based in the St. Gallen University.Elisa Innerhofer was a Senior Researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies at Eurac Research Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. She studied international economics, business science, and political science at the University of Innsbruck (Austria) and the Marquette University in Milwaukee (WI, USA) and holds a PhD in economics from the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Germany.Julian Philipp is a Consultant at PKF Munich with a focus on public transport, and a former Consultant for Regional Development in South-East Germany. He is a PhD student at the Chair of Tourism / Center for Entrepreneurship, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany. His dissertation focuses on the role of local and regional identity in the governance of spatial and regional development. He completed his BSc at University of Wuppertal, Germany, and his MSc at Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom. His main fields of interest encompass regional development, regional ecosystems, sustainable destination development, overtourism, and entrepreneurship.

• 'PART I. An Introduction to Overtourism. 1. Introduction. 2. From Carrying Capacity to Overtourism: The Changing Perspective in the Course of Time. 3. Destinations During and After the Lockdown: Evidence from Venice, Italy. Excursus. Overtourism in Austria Using the Example of Hallstatt. Excursus. From Graffiti to Regulations: Addressing Overtourism in Palma de Mallorca. PART II. Towards a New Sustainability. 4. Beyond Sun and Sand: How the Algarve Region is Pioneering Innovative Sustainable Practices in Tourism. 5. Transformative Urban Projects as Stimulators for the Quality of Stay. 6. Scenario Planning as a Tool to Future Proof the Visitor Economy After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Opportunities for Sustainability and Digitalisation. 7. Moratoria as Possible Governmental Regulations for Degrowth: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Bed Capacity Limit in the Local Media of South Tyrol (Italy). 8. Focusing at the Very Local Scale to Measure, Understand, and Manage Overtourism. 9. Sustainability Priorities Disclosures in Annual Reports and the Contribution of Museums to Sustainable Development and Overtourism. 10. Addressing the Limits to Growth in Tourism: A Degrowth Perspective. 11. Acting Responsibly for Sustainable Tourism Development: The Evolution Towards Responsible Tourism. Excursus. Decarbonising the Tourism Sector First: The Case of the Queenstown Tourism Plan in New Zealand. Excursus. Regenerative Tourism: A Shift Towards a New Paradigm. PART III. Strategies to Deal with Overtourism. 12. Last Chance to Behave Badly at Uluru, Australia: A Critical Reflection on the Interplay of Overtourism and Last Chance Tourism. 13. Spotting Overtourism and Identifying Actions to Address it with the Help of the Visitor Flow Approach. 14. Calling for a Transformative Destination Development: Narrative, Criteria, Mindset and System. 15. Destination Design for Sustainable Tourism: Considerations for Bridging the Gap Between Design Thinking and Critical Perspectives. 16. Don’t Write Cheques you Cannot Cash; Challenges and Struggles with Participatory Governance. 17. Benefits of an Integrative Tourism Policy: On the Way to a New Tourism Culture Using the Example of South Tyrol. 18. Resilience Agility in Tourism: A Strategic Approach to Mitigate Overtourism and Gain Sustainability.