Turismo, economía y planificación urbana: una relación compleja

The paper puts forward the need to develop a social approach about tourism as an economic activity. Many tourism activities that are considered to be as strictly economic are deeply influenced by non economic phenomena, such as urban planning. The case study of Maspalomas (Canary Islands) shows that what urban planning defines as “economic phenomena” varies depending on how it is defined. And those different definitions about “economy” benefit some agents and hinder others. Therefore, it is suggested that the analysis of “economically relevant” and “economically conditioned” phenomena should be considered when studying tourism economic activity