RT Journal Article T1 Tourist spaces and tourism policy in Spain and Portugal A1 Almeida-García, Fernando A1 Cortés-Macías, Rafael A1 Balbuena-Vázquez, Antonia K1 Política turística - España K1 Política turística - Portugal AB This study analyses the relationship between the development of the tourism policy of Spain and Portugal and their effects on regional imbalances. Despite the proximity of the two countries and their specialisation in tourism, there are few comparative studies on tourism of the two Iberian countries. The study focuses on the two major phases of tourism policy: the period of mass tourism and post-Fordist stage. In the conclusions we refer the debate on the existence of a model of development based on tourism to the Latin countries of Southern Europe and we note the export process of the Spanish low-cost tourism model to other countries. SN 1871-3173 YR 2015 FD 2015-05-11 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10630/9752 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10630/9752 LA eng NO Advances in Cultura, Tourism and Hospitality Research;10, 235-249 NO Financiado por el Gobierno de España, Programa Fundamental de Investigación, Proyecto de I+D (CSO2012-30840) "Geografías de la crisis: análisis de los territorios urbanos y turísticos de las Islas Baleares, Costa del Sol y principales destinos del Caribe y América Central". DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 22 ene 2026