Session in the 35th International Geographical Congress 2024 (24-30 August, Dublin, Ireland) "Critical geographies of tourism". Organized by the panelists: Ivan Murray, Asunción Blanco-Romero2 & Macià Blázquez-Salom.
The critical geographies of tourism present a turning point after the publication of Stephen Britton's well-known article in 1991. From that moment on, scientific production on the critical geographies of tourism has increased significantly. This scientific development has deployed a critical look at tourism from multiple perspectives and approaches, especially after two recent episodes of crisis. The 2008 crisis was solved in favour of maintaining the capitalist system, among others, through a deepening of tourism industry. The COVID-19 crisis is the most recent one and led, among others, to the paralysis of tourist activity. Based on this experience and in view of the looming crises, we understand that it is necessary to address critically the scientific analysis of these new scenarios:

• State of the art of critical tourism geographies beyond the academic literature in English.
• Tourism commodification of nature.
• Corporate power and financialization.
• Inequality, social class analysis and different forms of tourist consumption.
• Biophysical throughput of the tourism industry.
• Transformation of tourist mobility in crisis contexts.
• Carbon footprint of tourism.
• Climate change, climatic shelter and tourism.
• Local empowerment, movements to defend citizens' rights and fair governance.
• Tourism and gender.
• Labour in the tourism industry.
• Social and Solidarity Tourist Economy.
• Public policies for the ecosocial transformation of tourism.
• Postcapitalist spaces of hope.
• Leisure and recreation to replace tourist activity.
• Education, teaching and awareness at the service of alternative tourism consumption.

This session is supported by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and ERDF "A way of making Europe" (projects PID2022-137648OB-C21 & PID2020-114186RB-C21) and the journal Tourism Geographies.

Presetation of the book "TOT INCLÒS. El monogràfic, el col·lectiu, el documental", 18th of November 2023.

Conference "Sustaining 'Spaceship Earth'", by Sarra Talib, November 29th 2023.

Organization of the session "The end of the Magaluf model?", with Dr. Hazel Andrews, 9th of October 2023.

Collaboration to the seminar "Islands, seas, tourism, frontiers", 18th to 20th of October 2023.

Contribution to the counter-summit "Menys turisme, més vida", 27th to 30th of October 2023.

Presentation of the book "Contra el turisme", 18th of November 2023.

Participation in the International Seminar on working conditions in the tourism sector, December 14th 2023.

Contribution by Guillem X. Pons to the 6th Research Workshop of the National Park of Cabrera, December 14th 2023.

Talk "Post-capitalist tourism: urban community tourism in Brazil", by Ernest Cañada, Monday, December 18th, 2023.

Presentation and seminar of the book "Malestar en la turistificación", Palma, April 10th and 11th 2024.

Filka Sekulova. Invited panelist. June 4th 2024. UAB summer school on degrowth, Why tourism degtrowth?

Guillem X. Pons participated to the Jornadas para la Conservación de la Biodiversidad Marina Balear. Marilles Fundation.