Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Raquel Huete
Author-Workplace-Name: Universidad de Alicante. España	
Author-Name: Alejandro Mantecón
Author-Workplace-Name: Universidad de Alicante. España	
Title: El discurso de la élite empresarial del turismo español en la crisis COVID-19 
Abstract: The  humanitarian  crisis  caused  in  2020  by  the  COVID-19  pandemic  has spread  a  wave  of uncertainty  that  directly  affects  capitalism’s  social  structures.  The  measures  taken  by  governments  in  March  and  April  to  minimise  the  number  of  coronavirus  deaths  generate  a  temporary  collapse  of  the  global  tourism  system.  In  this  scenario,  Spanish  tourism  industry  elites reacted quickly by establishing their position: the recovery of prosperity in the tourism economy  would  inevitably  happen  through  the  massive  transfer  of  public  resources  from  the State  to  the  business  sector.  This  argumentative  logic  is  analysed  based  on  the  logic  put forward  by  the  tourism  employers.  The  reflection  lies  within  the  framework  of  a  broader  social  transformation  process:  the  consolidation  of  neoliberal  capitalism  on  a  global  scale
Classification-JEL: L83
Keywords: pandemic, tourism firm, Spain, neoliberalism, coronavirus
Journal: Ayana. Revista de Investigación en Turismo
Pages: 1-16
Issue: 1
Volume: 1
Number: 1
Year: 2020-2021
Month: December- May
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24215/27186717e001
File-URL: https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/ayana/article/view/10826
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:lap:rayana:2