Purpose

This study aims to provide an overview of the regenerative concept and how this can be implemented in adventure travel. It looks into the history of sustainable adventure tourism and showcases best practice examples. This study is encouraging operators within the adventure tourism industry to adopt a regenerative approach.

Design/methodology/approach

A comprehensive literature review on the paradigm of regenerative tourism has been conducted and applied to the adventure tourism industry. Three case studies of selected adventure tourism operators have been selected to enforce this concept.

Findings

With nature being an essential element of adventure travel, the industry has a long history in terms of sustainability. While tour operators, destination management organisations and other stakeholders are working towards sustainable products, consumers are still convenient and not willing to restrict themselves. The attitude behaviour gap is also noticeable in this segment and a rethinking is necessary. Through the pandemic and the climate crisis, among other aspects, a shift within the tourism industry is inevitable. Adventure tourism can be a role model in this process and good examples from the industry give hope for change. A concept that focuses on the solutions to address the polycrises is regenerative development, which is based on an ecological worldview and a living systems thinking and aims to restore locally visited communities and environments. Numerous operators have already taken measures to help local communities, such as starting projects for nature conservation or encouraging social justice.

Research limitations/implications

This is a conceptual review without an empirical foundation. The best-case examples are based on an Anglo-Western perspective.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to provide an overview of the current state of research into sustainable adventure tourism and categorise it within the concept of regenerative tourism.

中文翻译：

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再生探险旅游。超越可持续发展——2050 年地平线论文

 目的

本研究旨在概述再生概念以及如何在冒险旅行中实施这一概念。它探讨了可持续冒险旅游的历史并展示了最佳实践示例。这项研究鼓励探险旅游业的经营者采用再生方法。

设计/方法论/途径

对再生旅游范式进行了全面的文献综述并将其应用于探险旅游行业。选择了选定的冒险旅游运营商的三个案例研究来强化这一概念。

 发现

由于自然是探险旅行的重要元素，该行业在可持续发展方面有着悠久的历史。尽管旅游经营者、目的地管理组织和其他利益相关者正在努力开发可持续产品，但消费者仍然很方便，不愿意限制自己。在这一领域，态度行为差距也很明显，有必要重新思考。由于大流行和气候危机等因素，旅游业内部的转变是不可避免的。探险旅游可以成为这一过程中的榜样，行业中的好例子给变革带来了希望。专注于解决多重危机的解决方案的概念是再生发展，它基于生态世界观和生命系统思维，旨在恢复当地的社区和环境。许多运营商已经采取措施帮助当地社区，例如启动自然保护项目或鼓励社会正义。

研究局限性/影响

这是一个没有实证基础的概念性回顾。最好的例子是基于英西方观点。

 原创性/价值

据作者所知，这项研究首次概述了可持续探险旅游的研究现状，并将其归类为再生旅游的概念。