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Leisure parks and destination redevelopment: The case of PortAventura, Catalonia

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    Identificador: imarina:5903884
    Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina5903884
    Autors:
    Clavé S
    Resum:
    The ability of medium-sized and large leisure parks to generate external economies, create a new image for specific places and catalyse the location of economic activities is examined in the context of PortAventura, Catalonia. PortAventura theme park, established in Salou in 1995, is the result of a regional and local public destination rejuvenation policy started during the 1980s. It is currently the largest theme park in Spain and the second largest in Europe. Having reached the 4 million visitors-a-year threshold in 2007, since the late 1990s it has gone from being a classic leisure park to becoming a whole entertainment complex. Research outcomes presented in this paper discuss the extent to which Salou and its surrounding area, the central Costa Daurada, the mass tourism destination where the park is sited, are enjoying renewed expansion and are transforming the consolidated tourism business into new recreational, cultural and entertainment opportunities. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.

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    Autor segons l'article: Clavé S
    Departament: Geografia
    Autor/s de la URV: Anton Clavé, Salvador
    Paraules clau: Life cycle Mass tourism destinations Policy implementation Portaventura Theme parks
    Resum: The ability of medium-sized and large leisure parks to generate external economies, create a new image for specific places and catalyse the location of economic activities is examined in the context of PortAventura, Catalonia. PortAventura theme park, established in Salou in 1995, is the result of a regional and local public destination rejuvenation policy started during the 1980s. It is currently the largest theme park in Spain and the second largest in Europe. Having reached the 4 million visitors-a-year threshold in 2007, since the late 1990s it has gone from being a classic leisure park to becoming a whole entertainment complex. Research outcomes presented in this paper discuss the extent to which Salou and its surrounding area, the central Costa Daurada, the mass tourism destination where the park is sited, are enjoying renewed expansion and are transforming the consolidated tourism business into new recreational, cultural and entertainment opportunities. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
    Àrees temàtiques: Ciencias sociales Geography, planning and development Hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism Tourism, leisure and hospitality management
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: salvador.anton@urv.cat
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0001-9818-2778
    Data d'alta del registre: 2023-03-11
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
    Referència a l'article segons font original: Journal Of Policy Research In Tourism, Leisure And Events. 2 (1): 66-78
    Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Clavé S (2010). Leisure parks and destination redevelopment: The case of PortAventura, Catalonia. Journal Of Policy Research In Tourism, Leisure And Events, 2(1), 66-78. DOI: 10.1080/19407960903542326
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2010
    Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications

  • Paraules clau:

    Geography, Planning and Development,Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism,Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
    Life cycle
    Mass tourism destinations
    Policy implementation
    Portaventura
    Theme parks
    Ciencias sociales
    Geography, planning and development
    Hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism
    Tourism, leisure and hospitality management

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