Economic Geography of Tourism

João Romão is an Associate Professor at Yasuda Women’s University (Japan), specializing in tourism, hospitality, and regional planning. He holds a PhD in Tourism and has 60 publications, including books, editorial works and articles in leading journals. He serves at the editorial board of several journals. As a Principal Investigator, he has conducted tourism research in Portugal and Japan, obtaining 5 competitive research grants. His interests encompass innovation, creative economies, cultural heritage, sustainable development, and public governance. He applies both quantitative and qualitative methods, emphasizing spatial analysis. He has diverse experiences as a consultant for public policies, working on regional development and urban planning. He is also a co-chair of the cluster on Tourism, Leisure and Recreation of NECTAR (Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research).

• Chapter 1. Introducing a multidisciplinary context: tourism, economics and geography.- Part I. From Economic Geography to Tourism.- Chapter 2. Tourism Area Life Cycle, evolutionary tourism development and path dependence.- Chapter 3. Spatiality and temporality: tourism as a place and knowledge-based activity.- Chapter 4. Smart tourism and the co-creation of experiences: social networks and Big Data manipulation.- Chapter 5. Agglomeration, externalities and regional innovation systems.- Chapter 6. Smart specialization, tourism competitiveness, growth and resilience.- Chapter 7. New Economic Geography: cultural-creative economies and urban tourism.- Part II. From Tourism to Economic Geography.- Chapter 8. Experiential tourism, circular economy, gentrification and conflicts in cities.- Chapter 9. Fragile terrains: thematic routes, spacial integration of attractions and mediatized places.- Chapter 10. Transport, spatial mobility, sustainability and climate change.- Chapter 11. Tourism impacts on common spaces and resources: the quest for participatory governance.- Chapter 12. From (un)sustainable to regenerative tourism planning and management challenges.- Chapter 13. Closing Remarks and Outlook: futures for tourism in the spatial economy.