In this blog post for the World Travel Market, Travindy co-founder, Jeremy Smith, looks at how tourism can be regenerative. Moving beyond definitions, he suggests “Regenerative tourism is tourism playing its part harmoniously in all these processes, systems, and manifestations of life bursting through. It is tourism acting as a living system. Tourism patterned on life”.
VisitScotland chief Malcolm Roughead shares how his organisation has worked with host communities and other tourism stakeholders to plot a responsible and sustainable route out of the COVID crisis. . In this post, Malcolm talks about how Scotland has managed opening up to visitors, and more generally about the trend towards transformational travel.
Australia’s bushfires followed by the huge challenges posed by the pandemic have forced tour companies to rethink their approach to tourism and appeal more to the Australian market. Many travel providers to have found ways to rebuild from the devastating wildfires in more meaningful and sustainable way.
The UNWTO and the FAO have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that they will work together to strengthen the resilience of rural communities growing tourism and make it more sustainable and inclusive. The two agencies will work together to establish a plan that will see them sharing knowledge and resources.
With Covid-19, we have transitioned from overtourism, to practically no tourism. This article considers how we can learn some lessons from these recent events and looks at how to socialise tourism and transform it into appropriate tourism.
