Livable cities in the global south: Buenos Aires city in the new normal

IF 3 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM International Journal of Tourism Cities Pub Date : 2024-03-12 DOI:10.1108/ijtc-11-2023-0239
Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje
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Abstract

Purpose

Social sciences have discussed the host–guest relation from many theoretical lenses and perspectives. Violence as well as local crime has been studied as one of the major risks concerning tourism security. Anyway, less attention was given to homeless people and their interaction with foreign or local tourists. The purpose of this paper is oriented to explain how globalization has winners and losers, in which case, as noted, thousands of persons are excluded from the formal labor marketplace or the economic system year by year.

Design/methodology/approach

This is a conceptual paper that discusses critically not only the recent advances of sociology in urban tourism but also the connection between homeless people and tourists.

Findings

There is an urban underclass formed by those who have been excluded from the economic system. What is more important, such an underclass situates nearby luxury hotels and tourist destinations creating serious contradictions or zones of disputes. These contradictions have been approached by different sociologists since the turn of the 20th century.

Research limitations/implications

The question of sustainability, as well as the idea of liveable cities, and the efficient organization of the city, have occupied a central position in the academic debate, above all after the COVID-19 pandemic. In the present paper, the authors put in dialogue the contributions of Marc Auge with Zyggy Bauman toward a new understanding of this postmodern phenomenon.

Originality/value

Based on the metaphor of vagabonds and tourists, we give a snapshot of the problem of homelessness in Buenos Aires city and its effects on the tourism industry. Unlike other English-speaking countries where the cities are actively organized by the state, Buenos Aires city lacks a planned program to regulate and relocate homeless people. They dwell in nonplaces nearby tourists sleeping in the streets near luxury hotels (but for sure escaping any planning or governmental control).

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目的社会科学从许多理论角度和视角讨论了东道主与游客的关系。暴力和当地犯罪被视为旅游安全的主要风险之一。然而,人们较少关注无家可归者及其与外国或本地游客的互动。本文旨在解释全球化是如何产生赢家和输家的,在这种情况下,如前所述,每年都有成千上万的人被排除在正规劳动力市场或经济体系之外。更重要的是,这一底层群体位于豪华酒店和旅游景点附近,造成了严重的矛盾或纠纷。自 20 世纪初以来,不同的社会学家已经对这些矛盾进行了研究。研究局限性/影响可持续发展问题以及宜居城市和城市有效组织的理念在学术讨论中占据了中心位置,尤其是在 COVID-19 大流行之后。在本文中,作者与马克-奥格(Marc Auge)和齐吉-鲍曼(Zyggy Bauman)进行了对话,以期对这一后现代现象有新的理解。原创性/价值基于流浪者和游客的隐喻,我们对布宜诺斯艾利斯市的无家可归问题及其对旅游业的影响进行了简要分析。与其他英语国家的城市由国家积极组织不同,布宜诺斯艾利斯市缺乏一个有计划的方案来管理和安置无家可归者。他们居住在游客附近的非场所,睡在豪华酒店附近的街道上(但肯定逃脱了任何规划或政府控制)。
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International Journal of Tourism Cities
International Journal of Tourism Cities HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-
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期刊介绍: A peer-reviewed journal, the International Journal of Tourism Cities provides an international forum for the critical study of urban tourism and tourism cities. The journal aims to be inter-disciplinary in its appreciation of tourism cities and tourism in urban areas, and welcomes original, theoretically-informed articles from those involved in the planning, management or marketing of tourism in city destination or places adjoining urban areas. Urban tourism and travel cover many disciplines and impinge on numerous aspects of daily life within cities. Moreover, they play a key role in domestic and international tourism in most countries, and cities often function as key travel gateways and tourism destinations. The International Journal of Tourism Cities contents include primary research articles, expert discussions on current urban tourism issues, and tourism city case studies. Articles are selected that are relevant to both academics and practitioners. The journal particularly encourages contributions on contemporary topics and issues in urban tourism including smart cities and tourism, environmental impact and sustainable tourism development in cities, citizen and stakeholder involvement in tourism, city destination governance, and the development of policies and standards for city tourism development. The International Journal of Tourism Cities has four distinct purposes: To encourage greater research and scholarship related to tourism in urban settings. To stimulate more interdisciplinary research on tourism in cities, particularly the integration of tourism and urban studies theories and principles. To generate more research studies on tourism at the edge of cities, where urban and rural areas converge. To create more literature on best practices in city tourism worldwide through in-depth analyses and the production of exemplary case studies.
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