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ional development, sustainability, and marginalization 26 De-marginalizing mass tourism: the echo of Ibiza’s
nightlife as a global reference
Hugo Capella Miternique
Departament de Geografia, Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres,
Universitat de les Illes Balears,
Cra Valldemossa, km 7,5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Mass tourism has had a profound impact on many Mediterranean
destinations, including Ibiza in the Balearic Islands (Spain). Not only
natural resorts but also the image of the destination itself has been
eroded and has passed through a process of marginalization related
to other new destinations (1990s). Some private and public inves-
tors benefited from the club culture phenomena (2000s) and made
Ibiza one of the best well-known global nightlife destinations, first
based on youth tourism (2000s) and then (2010s) in a process of re-
conversion to luxury tourism, attracted by the unique and well-
known nightlife. Ibiza has become one of the most exclusive tour-
ism destinations in Spain. The present study will focus on how the
global activity of music has benefitted a destination that was in the
process of marginalization.
Key words: De-marginalizing, mass tourism, nightlife, global
reference, music
Local self-government reforms in Slovenia:
discourse on centrality and peripherality
Janez Nared
Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts,
Anton Melik Geographical Institute,
Novi trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
The objective of this paper is to present the impact that local
self-government reforms have had on the development of the Slo-
vene territory, particularly from the perspective of less developed
(peripheral) areas. In this regard, two main reforms have been con-
sidered (one from the 1970s and one from the 1990s) both by com-
paring their role on the development of polycentric settlement sys-
tems. The first reform resulted in a communal system, in which
the polycentric system of spatial development that was planned
to be shaped at the regional level devolved to newly established
nightlife as a global reference
Hugo Capella Miternique
Departament de Geografia, Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres,
Universitat de les Illes Balears,
Cra Valldemossa, km 7,5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Mass tourism has had a profound impact on many Mediterranean
destinations, including Ibiza in the Balearic Islands (Spain). Not only
natural resorts but also the image of the destination itself has been
eroded and has passed through a process of marginalization related
to other new destinations (1990s). Some private and public inves-
tors benefited from the club culture phenomena (2000s) and made
Ibiza one of the best well-known global nightlife destinations, first
based on youth tourism (2000s) and then (2010s) in a process of re-
conversion to luxury tourism, attracted by the unique and well-
known nightlife. Ibiza has become one of the most exclusive tour-
ism destinations in Spain. The present study will focus on how the
global activity of music has benefitted a destination that was in the
process of marginalization.
Key words: De-marginalizing, mass tourism, nightlife, global
reference, music
Local self-government reforms in Slovenia:
discourse on centrality and peripherality
Janez Nared
Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts,
Anton Melik Geographical Institute,
Novi trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
The objective of this paper is to present the impact that local
self-government reforms have had on the development of the Slo-
vene territory, particularly from the perspective of less developed
(peripheral) areas. In this regard, two main reforms have been con-
sidered (one from the 1970s and one from the 1990s) both by com-
paring their role on the development of polycentric settlement sys-
tems. The first reform resulted in a communal system, in which
the polycentric system of spatial development that was planned
to be shaped at the regional level devolved to newly established
