New opinion article by Guillem López Casasnovas, published in VIA Empresa under the title “Interested Confusions About Tourism”.

Available online at: http://viaempresa.cat/opinio/lopinio/confusions-interessades-sobre-turisme_2234769_102.html

The article “Interested Confusions About Tourism” argues that the problem is not tourism itself, but rather the tourism model that has been developed in Catalonia, often based on competing through low prices and exploiting natural resources without fully assuming the associated social and environmental costs. Guillem López Casasnovas criticizes how this strategy has created economic dependence, low wages, congestion, and territorial degradation, while many of the costs have been shifted onto citizens and public administrations. Nevertheless, he rejects simplistic anti-tourism narratives and maintains that tourism can be positive if it evolves toward a higher-quality model, with prices that reflect the real costs of the activity, decent wages, and stronger protection of natural and social heritage.