Travelling close to home to fight fossil capitalism? An exploratory and critical reflection on local tourism as a strategy for degrowth

Journal title RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA
Author/s Elisa Magnani
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2025/4
Language Italian Pages 19 P. 26-44 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/rgioa4-2025oa21680
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This essay offers an exploratory and innovative analysis of the interconnectedness between proximity tourism, the climate change/tourism nexus, and tourism degrowth. Firstly, a spatial and epistemological introduction on proximity tourism is offered, and its connection with climate change, followed by an analysis of the critical debate on tourist degrowth. Finally, the connection between these two perspectives is investigated, questioning the effectiveness of proximity tourism in contrasting carbon capitalism, highlighting several critical variables, related to fair and equitable access to tourism mobility, and to socio-nvironmental justice.

Keywords: proximity tourism, tourism de-growth, climate crisis.

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