Processes of tourist «re-imageneering»: eclipse of Valencia local identity

Authors

  • Mayka Puche Ruiz
  • Emilio M. Obiol Menero
Keywords: tourist branding, place branding, city marketing, identity, territory

Abstract

Showiness, abundance and taste for ephemeral things is the motto for Valencian charac- ter, in a region where easy and overflowing creativity conjugates with a genuine vulgarity of the senses. Valencia itself has always appeared as a traditional and natural shop window, but the exuberance of its ancient horta, goes silent now before new thematic cities, barely connected with the territory, like the «Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias».

Valencian people may identify themselves with neither brands directed towards the «sun and beach» product, nor with airport codes (VLC) nor with slogans of a territory that, after mortgaging soil, resources and traditions, still continues «giving you everything», as the tourist slogan says. Let’s take a look over its brands and comparatives advantages throughout the time.

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Puche Ruiz, M., & Obiol Menero, E. M. (2011). Processes of tourist «re-imageneering»: eclipse of Valencia local identity. Cuadernos de Turismo, (28), 191–214. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/turismo/article/view/147301
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