It is time, I think, to make a 180º turn, to change the model or "rethink tourism” from a sustainable, environmental, social, cultural, economic and, of 24 course, health perspective, avoiding overloading the corresponding territories so that neither the environment nor public health is afected, nor residents look askance at tourists. Of course, understanding that the tourism sector must generate economic benefts is something we cannot disregard, but perhaps it is necessary, as I have been saying, to change our perspective. But in order to achieve this objective, it is also necessary to rethink the instruments available to the public authorities, and even the role they must play in this whole process of reinvention or change of model. Because I understand, as I will try to explain in the following sections, that the public authorities, especially the public administrations competent in the matter, cannot adopt a neutral position. Their position must, I believe, be committed to this change, to the medium and long-term sustainability and quality of a sector that is essential, whether we like it or not, for the Spanish economy. In this sense, the doctrine has already expressed itself in such a way that there has even been talk of the birth of a "new Tourism Law" to generate security RIVERO CEBALLOS, J. L., HERNÁNDEZ HERNÁNDEZ, J., CORRAL QUINTANA, S. y 24 NAVARRO IBÁÑEZ, M., (2020) “Una breve refexión desde el cero turístico”, en SIMANCAS CRUZ, M., HERNÁNDEZ MARTÍN, R. y PADRÓN FUMERO, N. (Coords.), Turismo posCOVID-19. Refexiones, retos y oportunidades, Op. Cit., p. 64, “However, zero tourism can also be an excellent opportunity to "rethink tourism", that is, not to be satisfed with the things that are being done well and to consider the foreseeable dynamics of the changes that will take place in the near future. Thus, for example, the increase in health safety requirements in tourist destinations will be very noticeable in the coming years. In any case, uncertainty about tourism activity should be mitigated by considering the demonstrable infuence of economic growth on tourism”. 14
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