Strategies for the Promotion of Regenerative Tourism: Hospitality Communities as Niches for Tourism Innovation
Regenerative tourism has emerged as a critical evolution from traditional approaches to sustainable tourism, which have proven insufficient to address contemporary environmental, social, and economic challenges. This study examines the case of ‘Aves de la Sierra’ in Huelva, Spain, a pioneering initi...
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| description | Regenerative tourism has emerged as a critical evolution from traditional approaches to sustainable tourism, which have proven insufficient to address contemporary environmental, social, and economic challenges. This study examines the case of ‘Aves de la Sierra’ in Huelva, Spain, a pioneering initiative that integrates ecosystem regeneration and community revitalisation as the core of its regenerative tourism proposal. Through the analytical theoretical framework of the Multi-Level Change Perspective (MLP) and transformative innovation, it analyses how local communities consolidate themselves as niches of innovation in regenerative tourism, autonomously managing their resources and narrative. The results of this action research process reveal a number of findings that can serve as a starting point for the dynamisation and development of other regenerative tourism experiences. These include the need for public policies aimed at strengthening these innovation niches through collaborative networks, organisational learning, and adequate funding. This article also contributes to narrowing the gap between theory and experience in regenerative tourism. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5324146dc0884cda84a4605c80dc28912025-01-24T13:15:18ZengMDPI AGAdministrative Sciences2076-33872024-12-011511010.3390/admsci15010010Strategies for the Promotion of Regenerative Tourism: Hospitality Communities as Niches for Tourism InnovationBlanca Miedes-Ugarte0David Flores-Ruiz1Centre for Contemporary Thought and Innovation for Social Development, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, SpainCentre for Contemporary Thought and Innovation for Social Development, University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, SpainRegenerative tourism has emerged as a critical evolution from traditional approaches to sustainable tourism, which have proven insufficient to address contemporary environmental, social, and economic challenges. This study examines the case of ‘Aves de la Sierra’ in Huelva, Spain, a pioneering initiative that integrates ecosystem regeneration and community revitalisation as the core of its regenerative tourism proposal. Through the analytical theoretical framework of the Multi-Level Change Perspective (MLP) and transformative innovation, it analyses how local communities consolidate themselves as niches of innovation in regenerative tourism, autonomously managing their resources and narrative. The results of this action research process reveal a number of findings that can serve as a starting point for the dynamisation and development of other regenerative tourism experiences. These include the need for public policies aimed at strengthening these innovation niches through collaborative networks, organisational learning, and adequate funding. This article also contributes to narrowing the gap between theory and experience in regenerative tourism.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/15/1/10regenerative tourismsocio-technical innovationmulti-level change perspectiveaction researcheco-social transition in tourismcooperative digital platforms |
| spellingShingle | Blanca Miedes-Ugarte David Flores-Ruiz Strategies for the Promotion of Regenerative Tourism: Hospitality Communities as Niches for Tourism Innovation Administrative Sciences regenerative tourism socio-technical innovation multi-level change perspective action research eco-social transition in tourism cooperative digital platforms |
| title | Strategies for the Promotion of Regenerative Tourism: Hospitality Communities as Niches for Tourism Innovation |
| title_full | Strategies for the Promotion of Regenerative Tourism: Hospitality Communities as Niches for Tourism Innovation |
| title_fullStr | Strategies for the Promotion of Regenerative Tourism: Hospitality Communities as Niches for Tourism Innovation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategies for the Promotion of Regenerative Tourism: Hospitality Communities as Niches for Tourism Innovation |
| title_short | Strategies for the Promotion of Regenerative Tourism: Hospitality Communities as Niches for Tourism Innovation |
| title_sort | strategies for the promotion of regenerative tourism hospitality communities as niches for tourism innovation |
| topic | regenerative tourism socio-technical innovation multi-level change perspective action research eco-social transition in tourism cooperative digital platforms |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/15/1/10 |
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