Tourism Degrowth and Sustainable Transportation: Challenges and Perspectives
On Wednesday, September 10, from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM and Thursday, September 11, from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM, a workshop entitled "Tourism Degrowth and Sustainable Transportation: Challenges and Perspectives" will be held at the University of Insubria, Sant'Abbondio campus, Como, room S.2.7.
This interdisciplinary workshop explores tourism degrowth as a transformative approach for developing more responsible, equitable, and sustainable tourism models. Highlighting the need to counter the effects of tourism overcrowding and environmental degradation, the workshop focuses on how transportation systems interact with degrowth strategies. Furthermore, beyond reducing transportation emissions, tourism degrowth also contributes to sustainability claims from a socio-cultural perspective. It promotes authentic, community-based experiences, rather than mass tourism, and encourages tourists to explore nearby destinations and use bicycles or walking for slower travel. This aims to foster deeper connections between travelers and locals, preserving cultural heritage and identity, and reducing pressure on communities and residents.
Workshop Objectives
1. Promoting slower, localized, and low-impact travel
2. Rethinking traditional transportation infrastructure and policies
3. Promoting community-based tourism and preserving cultural identity
4. Encouraging cooperation between policymakers, industry, and local communities
Key Topics
1. Sustainable transportation in urban and suburban tourism
2. Effects of degrowth on accessibility and public transportation
3. Sociological perspectives on tourism and mobility
4. Destination management and new business models
5. Transport-based services in the hospitality sector
6. Behavioral and experimental approaches
7. Regenerative tourism and planning
8. Community-based tourism strategies
9. Transportation solutions for mass tourism areas
10. Market impacts on the transportation sector
11. Methods for measuring tourism degrowth
The event is open to researchers, doctoral students, and civil society.
To learn more about the topics of the two-day workshop, please see the attached program.
