High Speed Railway System and the Tourism Market: Between Accessibility, Image and Coordination Tool

Marie Delaplace (1, 2) , Sylvie Bazin (3) , Francesca Pagliara (4) , Antonio Sposaro (4)

1 LAB'URBA - LAB'URBA
2 UPEM - Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée
3 URCA - Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
4 University of Naples Federico II = Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II

The aim of this paper is to propose a state-of-the-art about the interactions between High-Speed Railway systems and the tourism market. Because of changes in accessibility, provided to the territories supplied by these systems, the actors expect a dynamic economy, in general, and of the tourism in particular. Although expectations are important in France as abroad, a literature review of studies carried out ex-post shows that the effects are not systematic, since they depend on the implementation of the High-Speed Railway service and on the characteristics of the territories. It can be noted that, if the high speed rail allows, in some cases, the increase in the number of tourists, a decrease of the stay may follow. To understand the role of High Speed Railway, it is necessary to take into account the changes of accessibility, but also its effects on the image of the destination and on the coordination of the stakeholders.

Mots clés: Tourism; High Speed Rail; cities

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace; Economies et finances; Géographie

Marie Delaplace, Sylvie Bazin, Francesca Pagliara, Antonio Sposaro. High Speed Railway System and the Tourism Market: Between Accessibility, Image and Coordination Tool. 54th European Regional Science Association Congress, Aug 2014, Saint-Petersburg, Russia. pp.26 - 29. ⟨hal-01098706⟩