Politicizing science vs. technicalizing politics: A comparative study of Kastelli Heraklion International Airport, Greece and Chinchero Cusco International Airport, Peru

Autor: Spyridon Parthenis, Polyxeni Moira, Dimitrios Mylonopoulos
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Dos Algarves, Vol 44, Pp 79-101 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2182-5580
DOI: 10.18089/DAMeJ.2024.44.6
Popis: This paper aims to add to the debate on the negative externalities of tourism-related megaprojects. It examines the policy adoption and implementation of two contentious airport projects in two tourist-heavy regions, Heraklion (Kastelli), Greece, and Cusco (Chinchero), Peru. In the context of destination competitiveness and commitment to neoliberal economic growth, national and regional governments in both countries became attracted by the idea of regional economic development and further increasing the number of international tourists and tourism investments. Deciding whether building a new airport serves the public interest or not is a complex policy problem with technical uncertainties and conflicting interests, which entails both a technical and political process of expressing and pairing policy actors’ goals and means. The aim of the paper is to identify similarities and differences between the tactics adopted and arguments used for and against the two airport development projects by the respective advocacy coalitions.
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