Episode 4. Regenerative Tourism: a complete rethink of the tourism paradigm in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia.

In the fourth episode of Checking In, I consider regenerative tourism. Lots has been spoken and written about the so-called tourism reset after COVID19 and the emergence of the concept of regenerative tourism. But what is regenerative tourism and what makes it any different from the tourism that we have now? Is it little more than fanciful thinking or does it have real potential to allow us to rethink the relationship between tourism, people and place?