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El mundo es finito, también para el turismo: Del multiplicador turístico al conflicto redistributivo
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[spa] La suposición de que el crecimiento turístico puede ser sostenible está muy difundida en determinados sectores académicos y organismos públicos. La teoría del multiplicador turístico, planteada por Archer y Owen a principios de los setenta, es uno de sus fundamentos. Sin embargo, esta premisa se enfrenta con una realidad cada vez más presente: el planeta y sus recursos son finitos. El desarrollo económico tiene límites naturales. El artículo presenta una visión conflictivista del desarrollo turístico más acorde con esta realidad: el surgimiento de una nueva actividad económica o su crecimiento obliga a reestructurar el uso que se da a los recursos disponibles. Estos recursos no siempre se pueden multiplicar. Y en este proceso, generalmente, unos pierden y otros ganan.
[eng] The assumption that tourism growth can be sustainable is widespread in certain academic sectors and public institutions. It is an assumption that is partly founded on the Tourist Multiplier theory, proposed by Archer and Owen in the early 1970s. However, this premise is coming up against an increasingly urgent reality: the finite nature of our planet and its resources. Economic development has natural limits. The article presents a conflictivist view of tourism development that is more in line with this reality: The emergence of new economic activity - or its growth - forces us to restructure our use of the available resources. These resources cannot always be multiplied. And as part of this process, some will lose and others will win.
[eng] The assumption that tourism growth can be sustainable is widespread in certain academic sectors and public institutions. It is an assumption that is partly founded on the Tourist Multiplier theory, proposed by Archer and Owen in the early 1970s. However, this premise is coming up against an increasingly urgent reality: the finite nature of our planet and its resources. Economic development has natural limits. The article presents a conflictivist view of tourism development that is more in line with this reality: The emergence of new economic activity - or its growth - forces us to restructure our use of the available resources. These resources cannot always be multiplied. And as part of this process, some will lose and others will win.
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GASCÓN, Jordi (Gascón Gutiérrez) and CAÑADA MULLOR, Ernest. El mundo es finito, también para el turismo: Del multiplicador turístico al conflicto redistributivo. Oikonomics. 2017. Vol. 7, num. 28-34. ISSN 2339-9546. [consulted: 9 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/151393