Explosive and co-explosive behaviour in tourism: foundations, methodology and application

This article introduces the explosive and co-explosive behaviour in tourism, describes its theoretical foundations, proposes a methodology and illustrates their application in four major Spanish destinations. The study shows that explosive and co-explosive trends in tourism pressure are detected in three of the four destinations analysed. The article makes a methodological contribution which provides researchers and tourism managers with an additional tool and can help improve the design, governance, and implementation of tourism policies.