Destinos turísticos litorales en EspañaCrecimiento, reacción social y postcrecimiento. El caso de la Costa del Sol-Málaga.

Abstract

In Spain, the coast represents the most important tourist area, in terms of volume, market recognition, employment, companies, territorial transformation, but also because of the important social change and environmental degradation. The few strategies to stop the conflicts generated by the urban-tourist model in constant growth and the commercialization of the territory, have caused a social reaction of the residents against tourist projects. Many of these reactions favour currents, ideas and citizen practices close to the concept of post-growth. The aim of this research is to analyse in a coastal destination (the Costa del Sol) the conflicts caused by the constant growth and the social reaction of the residents against projects that generate more growth. The social reactions analysed partially participate in the post growth postulates. It proposes sacrificing short-term economic variables for projects with other purposes, such as ecological regeneration, de-urbanisation, etc., which in the long term imply greater quality and sustainability in the territory. Finally, these social movements, as in other Spanish destinations, do not renounce or oppose tourism, they are not tourist-phobic, but rather promote urban planning and the protection and care of the environment, a position that is closer to the premises of post-growth.