| Abstrakt: |
The article examines the main steps in the first phase of tourism development in the Cinque Terre. This was linked to the building of a coastal road, which during the 1950s and 1960s improved access to an area previously known almost exclusively for its local wine production. Primarily relying on archival sources and newspaper articles, the author reconstructs the perspectives of the various actors involved in the development of tourism in the Cinque Terre (residents, tourists, local politicians, tourist boards and associations, intellectuals and journalists). The aim is to trace the debates accompanying the construction of the coastal road and to examine the different meanings assumed by the tourist season as the area's greater accessibility gradually guaranteed the arrival of ever more steady streams of visitors. In doing so, the author considers if and how the noticeably seasonal character of tourism in the Cinque Terre was subject to common agreement and shared opinions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
