Tourism Phobia: Between Predation and Sustainability

The consequences of the development of large-scale tourism and the expansion of tourist activity on a global scale are destroying the environment, which does not make any sense, since tourism depends on the environment and vice versa. Although between 2019 and 2022, tourism Gross Domestic Product of Tourism (GDP) growth in the European Union was recorded greater than carbon emissions (just to give an example), tourism remains at the centre of the debate on its purpose and power in light of the needs of the 2030 Agenda. Tripartite concern of the dimensions of the agenda: Social; environmental and economic aspects found an echo in the search for tourism management that involves sustainability and is based on its premises. When a movement begins to review the harmful impacts that unrestrained tourism causes to places, their residents, and tourists themselves, solutions to prevent this predatory tourism from becoming the rule gained prominence, especially in countries in the global north. We will discuss in this text how the expression of tourismophobia has guided the denial of the most visited cities in the world, which seeks to put an end to the negative side effects of mass tourism.