Regenerative Development and Tourism Geographies: A Timely Turn?
Description
In the shadow of COVID-19, the clarion call to rethink global tourism is unmistakable in its urgency. Calls to dismantle old models that are no longer workable is advocated on one hand, while conversely, the economic exigencies to restart and return to some semblance of normalcy is amplified, as the economic shocks and its assemblages bite deeper, the more drawn out the pandemic induced pause persists. In the ensuing milieu, the global tourism hiatus has afforded stakeholders with an unprecedented opportunity to take stock and reflect on future pathways. One such turn that is experiencing enormous momentum, is the recognition and advocacy toward regenerative development as a response to the ills of tourism that have hitherto lead to considerable discontent, hand wringing and debate. By extension, regenerative tourism has transpired as a response to unsustainable mass tourism and extractive business models, as seen in the overtourism debate. As Bellato & Cheer (2021) opine, “Arising from the margins of tourism practice, “regenerative tourism” has emerged, prioritizing the regeneration of communities and places”. Bellato & Cheer draw from Pollock (2015) who “advocates for developing the capacity to work towards healthy and regenerative tourism systems which require communities to understand and enact their roles as stewards within their place”. Furthermore, as Hes & Duplesis outline, regenerative development “conceptualizes humans as having a reciprocal relationship with nature, and “regenerative approaches work towards building the capacity of communities to restore ecosystems, economies and societies”.
In turning to regenerative development in tourism geographies, (Bellato et al, 2022; Ateljevic, 2020; Cave & Dredge, 2020; Matunga et al, 2020), their entreaties position tourism activities as interventions that develop the capacities of places, communities and the wider stakeholder group in harmony with interconnected social-ecological systems. Regenerative tourism has gained momentum in response to calls for radical transformations that address the climate crisis, and now the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the limited engagement with regenerative development in tourism geographies, this session welcomes papers that engender regenerative principles and are multi and cross-disciplinary in orientation. Research on related topics including critical tourism geographies, social-ecological resilience, sustainable tourism, inclusive tourism, placemaking and conscious travel, among others, are sought. We also welcome papers exploring the time/space-related binaries such as uniqueness and repetition, instant and duration and their implications for regenerative tourism. These may be tentative or inadvertent entanglements with the concept or conversely, deliberate and long-running encounters. Both exploratory and well-established endeavours with regenerative development are welcomed, be they conceptually focused or empirically driven.
Keywords: Regenerative development, Regenerative Tourism, Inclusive Tourism, Placemaking, Social-ecological Resilience, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Geographies
Please note: This special issue is not open for submissions and is derived from sessions at the 2022 IGU Centennial Congress, Paris.
In writing for publication in this special issue for Tourism Geographies, authors must consider the following:
Author Guidelines
Manuscript Submission Instructions
Tourism Geographies Scholar One portal will be open for manuscript submissions from 1 October, 2022. Please ensure manuscripts are submitted to the special issue.
Special Issue Timeline (approximate)
1 October, 2022 Tourism Geographies Scholar One portal open for submissions
1 April, 2023 Manuscript submission closed
1 October, 2023 Special Issue finalized
As papers are accepted, they will appear online.
If you have any questions, please email: [email protected] and write Tourism Geographies Regenerative Tourism Special Issue in the subject line.
Guiding References
Ateljevic, I. (2020). Transforming the (tourism) world for good and (re) generating the potential ‘new normal’. Tourism Geographies, 22(3), 467-475. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2020.1759134
Axinte, L. F., Mehmood, A., Marsden, T., & Roep, D. (2019). Regenerative city-regions: a new conceptual framework. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 6(1), 117-129.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2019.1584542
Becken, S., & Kaur, J. (2021). Anchoring “tourism value” within a regenerative tourism paradigm–a government perspective. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 30(1), 52-68.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2021.1990305
Bellato, L., & Cheer, J. M. (2021). Inclusive and regenerative urban tourism: capacity development perspectives. International Journal of Tourism Cities.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJTC-08-2020-0167
Bellato, L., Frantzeskaki, N., Fiebig, C. B., Pollock, A., Dens, E., & Reed, B. (2022). Transformative roles in tourism: adopting living systems' thinking for regenerative futures. Journal of Tourism Futures, (ahead-of-print).
https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-11-2021-0256
Bellato, L., Frantzeskaki, N., & Nygaard, C. A. (2022). Regenerative tourism: a conceptual framework leveraging theory and practice. Tourism Geographies, 1-21.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2022.2044376
Boluk, K. A., & Panse, G. (2022). Recognising the regenerative impacts of Canadian women tourism social entrepreneurs through a feminist ethic of care lens. Journal of Tourism Futures, (ahead-of-print).
https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-11-2021-0253
Cave, J., & Dredge, D. (2020). Regenerative tourism needs diverse economic practices. Tourism Geographies, 22(3), 503-513. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2020.1768434
Dredge, D. (2022). Regenerative tourism: transforming mindsets, systems and practices. Journal of Tourism Futures, (ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-01-2022-0015
Duxbury, N., Bakas, F. E., Vinagre de Castro, T., & Silva, S. (2020). Creative tourism development models towards sustainable and regenerative tourism. Sustainability, 13(1), 2.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010002
East, M. (2020). The transition from sustainable to regenerative development. Ecocycles, 6(1), 106-109. https://doi.org/10.19040/ecocycles.v6i1.168
Gabel, M. (2015). Regenerative development: Going beyond sustainability. Recuperado de http://www.kosmosjournal.org/article/regenerative-development-going-beyond-sustainability
Gibbons, L. V., Pearthree, G., Cloutier, S. A., & Ehlenz, M. M. (2020). The development, application, and refinement of a Regenerative Development Evaluation Tool and indicators. Ecological Indicators, 108, 105698.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105698
Gibbons, L. V. (2020). Regenerative—The new sustainable? Sustainability, 12(13), 5483. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12135483
Hes, D., & Du Plessis, C. (2014). Designing for hope: pathways to regenerative sustainability. Routledge.
Izquierdo-Gascón, M., & Rubio-Gil, Á. (2022). Theoretical approach to Api-tourism routes as a paradigm of sustainable and regenerative rural development. Journal of Apicultural Research, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2022.2079285
Jones, P., & Evans, J. (2012). Rescue geography: Place making, affect and regeneration. Urban studies, 49(11), 2315-2330.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098011428177
Mang, P., & Reed, B. (2020). Regenerative development and design. Sustainable Built Environments, 115-141. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0684-1_303
Matunga, H., Matunga, H. P., & Urlich, S. (2020). From exploitative to regenerative tourism: Tino Rangatiratanga and tourism in Aotearoa New Zealand.
https://doi.org/10.20507/MAIJournal.2020.9.3.10
Major, J., & Clarke, D. (2021). Regenerative tourism in Aotearoa New Zealand–A new paradigm for the VUCA world. Journal of Tourism Futures. https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-09-2021-0233
McEnhill, L., Jorgensen, E.S., & Urlich, S.C. (2020). Paying it forward and back: Regenerative tourism as part of place. Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Tourism Internal Report 2020/101 prepared for the Department of Conservation. Lincoln University: Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Tourism. https://hdl.handle.net/10182/13854
Owen, C. M. (2007). Regenerative tourism-re-placing the design of ecotourism facilities. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, 3(2), 175-181. https://doi.org/10.1108/OHI-04-2007-B0005
Sheldon, P. J. (2022). Regenerative Tourism. In Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing (pp. 646-650). Edward Elgar Publishing.
In the shadow of COVID-19, the clarion call to rethink global tourism is unmistakable in its urgency. Calls to dismantle old models that are no longer workable is advocated on one hand, while conversely, the economic exigencies to restart and return to some semblance of normalcy is amplified, as the economic shocks and its assemblages bite deeper, the more drawn out the pandemic induced pause persists. In the ensuing milieu, the global tourism hiatus has afforded stakeholders with an unprecedented opportunity to take stock and reflect on future pathways. One such turn that is experiencing enormous momentum, is the recognition and advocacy toward regenerative development as a response to the ills of tourism that have hitherto lead to considerable discontent, hand wringing and debate. By extension, regenerative tourism has transpired as a response to unsustainable mass tourism and extractive business models, as seen in the overtourism debate. As Bellato & Cheer (2021) opine, “Arising from the margins of tourism practice, “regenerative tourism” has emerged, prioritizing the regeneration of communities and places”. Bellato & Cheer draw from Pollock (2015) who “advocates for developing the capacity to work towards healthy and regenerative tourism systems which require communities to understand and enact their roles as stewards within their place”. Furthermore, as Hes & Duplesis outline, regenerative development “conceptualizes humans as having a reciprocal relationship with nature, and “regenerative approaches work towards building the capacity of communities to restore ecosystems, economies and societies”.
In turning to regenerative development in tourism geographies, (Bellato et al, 2022; Ateljevic, 2020; Cave & Dredge, 2020; Matunga et al, 2020), their entreaties position tourism activities as interventions that develop the capacities of places, communities and the wider stakeholder group in harmony with interconnected social-ecological systems. Regenerative tourism has gained momentum in response to calls for radical transformations that address the climate crisis, and now the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the limited engagement with regenerative development in tourism geographies, this session welcomes papers that engender regenerative principles and are multi and cross-disciplinary in orientation. Research on related topics including critical tourism geographies, social-ecological resilience, sustainable tourism, inclusive tourism, placemaking and conscious travel, among others, are sought. We also welcome papers exploring the time/space-related binaries such as uniqueness and repetition, instant and duration and their implications for regenerative tourism. These may be tentative or inadvertent entanglements with the concept or conversely, deliberate and long-running encounters. Both exploratory and well-established endeavours with regenerative development are welcomed, be they conceptually focused or empirically driven.
Keywords: Regenerative development, Regenerative Tourism, Inclusive Tourism, Placemaking, Social-ecological Resilience, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Geographies
Please note: This special issue is not open for submissions and is derived from sessions at the 2022 IGU Centennial Congress, Paris.
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- Does the manuscript align with the aims and scope of Tourism Geographies – See Aims & Scope of the journal here.
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- Are the claims made by the author well supported by the data/evidence provided?
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Manuscript Submission Instructions
Tourism Geographies Scholar One portal will be open for manuscript submissions from 1 October, 2022. Please ensure manuscripts are submitted to the special issue.
Special Issue Timeline (approximate)
1 October, 2022 Tourism Geographies Scholar One portal open for submissions
1 April, 2023 Manuscript submission closed
1 October, 2023 Special Issue finalized
As papers are accepted, they will appear online.
If you have any questions, please email: [email protected] and write Tourism Geographies Regenerative Tourism Special Issue in the subject line.
Guiding References
Ateljevic, I. (2020). Transforming the (tourism) world for good and (re) generating the potential ‘new normal’. Tourism Geographies, 22(3), 467-475. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2020.1759134
Axinte, L. F., Mehmood, A., Marsden, T., & Roep, D. (2019). Regenerative city-regions: a new conceptual framework. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 6(1), 117-129.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2019.1584542
Becken, S., & Kaur, J. (2021). Anchoring “tourism value” within a regenerative tourism paradigm–a government perspective. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 30(1), 52-68.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2021.1990305
Bellato, L., & Cheer, J. M. (2021). Inclusive and regenerative urban tourism: capacity development perspectives. International Journal of Tourism Cities.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJTC-08-2020-0167
Bellato, L., Frantzeskaki, N., Fiebig, C. B., Pollock, A., Dens, E., & Reed, B. (2022). Transformative roles in tourism: adopting living systems' thinking for regenerative futures. Journal of Tourism Futures, (ahead-of-print).
https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-11-2021-0256
Bellato, L., Frantzeskaki, N., & Nygaard, C. A. (2022). Regenerative tourism: a conceptual framework leveraging theory and practice. Tourism Geographies, 1-21.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2022.2044376
Boluk, K. A., & Panse, G. (2022). Recognising the regenerative impacts of Canadian women tourism social entrepreneurs through a feminist ethic of care lens. Journal of Tourism Futures, (ahead-of-print).
https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-11-2021-0253
Cave, J., & Dredge, D. (2020). Regenerative tourism needs diverse economic practices. Tourism Geographies, 22(3), 503-513. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2020.1768434
Dredge, D. (2022). Regenerative tourism: transforming mindsets, systems and practices. Journal of Tourism Futures, (ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-01-2022-0015
Duxbury, N., Bakas, F. E., Vinagre de Castro, T., & Silva, S. (2020). Creative tourism development models towards sustainable and regenerative tourism. Sustainability, 13(1), 2.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010002
East, M. (2020). The transition from sustainable to regenerative development. Ecocycles, 6(1), 106-109. https://doi.org/10.19040/ecocycles.v6i1.168
Gabel, M. (2015). Regenerative development: Going beyond sustainability. Recuperado de http://www.kosmosjournal.org/article/regenerative-development-going-beyond-sustainability
Gibbons, L. V., Pearthree, G., Cloutier, S. A., & Ehlenz, M. M. (2020). The development, application, and refinement of a Regenerative Development Evaluation Tool and indicators. Ecological Indicators, 108, 105698.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105698
Gibbons, L. V. (2020). Regenerative—The new sustainable? Sustainability, 12(13), 5483. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12135483
Hes, D., & Du Plessis, C. (2014). Designing for hope: pathways to regenerative sustainability. Routledge.
Izquierdo-Gascón, M., & Rubio-Gil, Á. (2022). Theoretical approach to Api-tourism routes as a paradigm of sustainable and regenerative rural development. Journal of Apicultural Research, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2022.2079285
Jones, P., & Evans, J. (2012). Rescue geography: Place making, affect and regeneration. Urban studies, 49(11), 2315-2330.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098011428177
Mang, P., & Reed, B. (2020). Regenerative development and design. Sustainable Built Environments, 115-141. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0684-1_303
Matunga, H., Matunga, H. P., & Urlich, S. (2020). From exploitative to regenerative tourism: Tino Rangatiratanga and tourism in Aotearoa New Zealand.
https://doi.org/10.20507/MAIJournal.2020.9.3.10
Major, J., & Clarke, D. (2021). Regenerative tourism in Aotearoa New Zealand–A new paradigm for the VUCA world. Journal of Tourism Futures. https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-09-2021-0233
McEnhill, L., Jorgensen, E.S., & Urlich, S.C. (2020). Paying it forward and back: Regenerative tourism as part of place. Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Tourism Internal Report 2020/101 prepared for the Department of Conservation. Lincoln University: Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Tourism. https://hdl.handle.net/10182/13854
Owen, C. M. (2007). Regenerative tourism-re-placing the design of ecotourism facilities. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, 3(2), 175-181. https://doi.org/10.1108/OHI-04-2007-B0005
Sheldon, P. J. (2022). Regenerative Tourism. In Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing (pp. 646-650). Edward Elgar Publishing.