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ABSTRACT
This paper introduces a new line of research in international coastal mass tourism destinations. Such destinations have started to function in a more complex and potentially beneficial way, acting as transitional areas between the global city and local territory while at the same time developing their own unique characteristics. From this perspective, such destinations can potentially become environments for creativity and innovation, two factors that act as economic driving forces in the so-called “knowledge society”, thereby promoting the sustainable development of the destination from a socioeconomic perspective.
The methodology used herein develops 10 indicators that are calculated and mapped out for two case studies which examine the same geographical context and comparable populations in order to demonstrate the creative capacity of a location whose economy is heavily reliant on tourism. The results show that tourist destinations have greater potential for generating creative capital than non-tourist destinations. Therefore, the consolidation of international mass tourism destinations as creative and innovative spaces which are capable of generating creative capital without losing their competitiveness as tourist destinations merits a reconception of their current role in global–local networks.
国际沿海大众旅游目的地产生创意资本的潜力
本文介绍了国际沿海大众旅游目的地的新研究。类似的目的地已经开始以更为复杂且潜在有益的方式对旅游业起着作用，它们作为全球城市和地区之间的过渡区的同时又发展着自身独一无二的特色。由此可见，这些目的地在环境创造和革新上有着很大的潜力，而这两个因素正是促进目的地可持续发展从社会经济层面向``知识型社会"经济进步的驱动力。文章所采用的方法论利用了十项指标计算并筹划了两个有相同地理环境和类似人口的案例，以此论证依靠旅游发展经济的地区的创意资本。结果显示，在生产创意资本上，这些旅游目的地比非旅游目的具备更大的潜力。因此，国际大众旅游目的地的合并，作为能够既能产生创意资本又能保持旅游目的竞争力的创意和革新空间，应该被重新审视它们在全球与地区网络中的角色。
Acknowledgements
This research has been supported by the International Campus of Excellence Andalucía TECH, promoted by the Universities of Seville (US) and Malaga (UMA), and also has been partially supported by the Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation Research Project MTM 2010-14992 Interactive Multiobjective Programming based on reference point techniques and its application to sustainability and climate change in Spain and Research Project CSO2012-30840 Geographies of the crisis: An analysis of the urban-tourist spaces of the Balearic Islands, Costa del Sol and the most important tourist destinations of the Caribbean and Central America. This work is included in the Andalucía TECH's pole of tourism and territorial development for innovation and transformation of tourism.
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Yolanda Romero-Padilla
Yolanda Romero-Padilla is a researcher at International Campus of Excellence Andalucía TECH and a member of the research group “Tourism and Territory” (SEJ-402) PAI Regional Government of Andalusia. She has developed several applied works about territorial development in Mediterranean mature destinations, especially focusing on the creative capital and social and urban transformations in Costa del Sol.
Enrique Navarro-Jurado
Enrique Navarro-Jurado obtained his PhD in geography from the University of Malaga in 2000. His research focuses on urban planning and environmental carrying capacity, sustainability indicators and the development of models in mature coastal destinations Mediterranean and Caribbean.
Gonzalo Malvárez-García
Gonzalo Malvárez-García obtained his Phd in environmental science from the University of Ulster (UK) in 1997 and his interests include sustainable development, environmental indicators, environmental impacts of tourism development, and planning and management of coastal areas with special focus on developed environments such as the Costa del Sol.