Réformes territoriales et exercice de la compétence tourisme par l’institution publique départementale française. Cas exploratoires de la Charente-Maritime et des Deux-Sèvres

Abstract

In France, several regions and intermunicipalities have undergone profound changes over the last five years, both in their spatial dimensions and in the allocation of a portfolio of competences. The department, subject to various threats of disappearance, is confirmed in its competence of solidarity and territorial cohesion. Tourism is a competence shared by all the local authorities. Therefore, in its tourism policy, the department must, according to the tourism code, coordinate with the other local authorities. We asked ourselves about the evolution of the conditions under which French departmental public institutions operate in this context of recent territorial reforms. We will examine the way in which the departmental tourism committees, responsible for implementing departmental tourism policy, react to changes in the territorial context. To this end, we analyze two departments with heterogeneous tourism intensity: Deux-Sèvres and Charente-Maritime.

Keywords

• departments
• reforms
• tourism
• competence
• territories