Regenerative tourism: a conceptual framework leveraging theory and practice

Bellato, Loretta; Frantzeskaki, Niki; Nygaard, Christian

doi:10.1080/14616688.2022.2044376

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“…Conceptualisations that do not “recognize tourism as an interrelated system within the larger ecological living system” (Jamrozy, 2007, p. 125) are increasingly questioned by tourism scholars. Meanwhile, living systems thinking has been applied to tourism by regenerative development practitioners for more than 15 years (Bellato et al. , 2022).…”

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Transformative roles in tourism: adopting living systems' thinking for regenerative futures

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PurposeThe “tourism living systems” (Tourism Living System – TLS) concept is underdeveloped, with limited relevant theoretical analysis to understand how it can support the transformations of tourism systems towards healthy communities and places. This paper aims to conceptualise TLSs and key stakeholder roles for enacting regenerative tourism using a living systems perspective.Design/methodology/approachKnowledge synthesis and co-production were used to identify the conceptual framework and its applications. Knowledge synthesis was undertaken through a scoping review of the regenerative tourism literature and supplemented by a consultation exercise with leading regenerative tourism practitioners. Co-production of knowledge involved case study research to assess the conceptual framework's practical applications and revise it with regenerative tourism practitioners.FindingsThe study revealed that regenerative tourism is informed by living systems' thinking. The authors identify five diverse, interdependent and interconnected stakeholder roles from the case studies and scoping review. All stakeholder roles are vital for constituting tourism systems that contribute to the healthy evolution of social-ecological systems.Practical implicationsReal-world case study applications of the TLS framework will guide tourism stakeholders who seek to adopt regenerative tourism approaches.Originality/valueThe study contributes to developing new frontiers in tourism stakeholder roles and paradigms with implications for regenerative tourism futures. The TLS framework challenges industrial conceptions of tourism by proposing a shift in stakeholder roles from extraction to generating new life to survive, thrive and evolve.

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“…, 2022). Regenerative tourism applies the regenerative development approach to tourism contexts, drawing from Western science and Indigenous perspectives and knowledge systems (Bellato and Cheer, 2021; Bellato et al. , 2022).…”

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“…Importantly, the voices, knowledge, and concerns of Indigenous Peoples remain underrepresented in the sustainability agenda [ 76 ], despite representing vivid examples of sustainable relationships with nature and equitable distribution of resources among community members. Their voices should be integrated with scientific knowledge and technological advances [ 77 , 78 ] to implement the restorative and regenerative principles of the much-needed modern circular economies of the future. The sustainability of Indigenous traditional food systems involves not only access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food harvested from the land, air, and water, but also the preservation of their cultural and religious identity, physical and mental wellbeing, and capacity for self-governance that derives from it.…”

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Study protocol: International joint research project ‘climate change resilience of Indigenous socioecological systemsʼ (RISE)

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Background Anthropogenic changes in the environment are increasingly threatening the sustainability of socioecological systems on a global scale. As stewards of the natural capital of over a quarter of the world’s surface area, Indigenous Peoples (IPs), are at the frontline of these changes. Indigenous socioecological systems (ISES) are particularly exposed and sensitive to exogenous changes because of the intimate bounds of IPs with nature. Traditional food systems (TFS) represent one of the most prominent components of ISES, providing not only diverse and nutritious food but also critical socioeconomic, cultural, and spiritual assets. However, a proper understanding of how future climate change may compromise TFS through alterations of related human-nature interactions is still lacking. Climate change resilience of indigenous socioecological systems (RISE) is a new joint international project that aims to fill this gap in knowledge. Methods and design RISE will use a comparative case study approach coupling on-site socioeconomic, nutritional, and ecological surveys of the target ISES of Sakha (Republic of Sakha, Russian Federation) and Karen (Kanchanaburi, Thailand) people with statistical models projecting future changes in the distribution and composition of traditional food species under contrasting climate change scenarios. The results presented as alternative narratives of future climate change impacts on TFS will be integrated into a risk assessment framework to explore potential vulnerabilities of ISES operating through altered TFS, and possible adaptation options through stakeholder consultation so that lessons learned can be applied in practice. Discussion By undertaking a comprehensive analysis of the socioeconomic and nutritional contributions of TFS toward the sustainability of ISES and projecting future changes under alternative climate change scenarios, RISE is strategically designed to deliver novel and robust science that will contribute towards the integration of Indigenous issues within climate change and sustainable agendas while generating a forum for discussion among Indigenous communities and relevant stakeholders. Its goal is to promote positive co-management and regional development through sustainability and climate change adaptation.

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“…This requires, however, looking beyond the most conventional approaches to yachting tourism development and putting alternative frameworks at work including those coherent with a sustainable tourism development formula (Sharpley 2020), such as well tested route-based models (e.g. Berti, Denu and Mariotti 2015) as well as novel regenerative tourism-based theorizations (Bellato, Frantzeskaki and Nygaard 2022) in which, despite the strong cultural and ecological referents, 'yachting' remains alien and in need for further consideration, application and scrutiny.…”

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From sea to shore: reuniting the divide by yachting

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The argument of separation between humans and nature has nurtured a rich narrative of theorizations striving to find application in the field of development and spatial change. This paper aims to chart a progressive separation of humans from the sea by adopting a grounded theory approach. In selected seaside towns, urban regeneration and tourism rejuvenation have contributed to crystalizing the separation of humans from the sea therefore calling for the need to revert the point of view over the conception of these measures by ‘reuniting with the sea’. It is therefore concluded that yachting tourism has potentially a strategic role to play in this shift, but further investigation is needed in order to reconsider it within alternative approaches to development through tourism.

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Regenerative tourism: a conceptual framework leveraging theory and practice

Cited by 100 publications

References 38 publications

Transformative roles in tourism: adopting living systems' thinking for regenerative futures

Transformative roles in tourism: adopting living systems' thinking for regenerative futures

Study protocol: International joint research project ‘climate change resilience of Indigenous socioecological systemsʼ (RISE)

From sea to shore: reuniting the divide by yachting

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