REGENERATIVE TOURISM: Building Sustainable Futures Together
A Workshop Organised by the Newcastle Business School
05-06 NOV 2024
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ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
We are delighted to invite you to participate in a two-day workshop focusing on regenerative tourism, to be held at the University of Newcastle. The workshop will build on the project conducted in Samoa in collaboration with key stakeholders such as the Taumeasina Island Resort and Artificial Reefs. Our focus is on regenerative tourism, an innovative approach that embeds tourism activities within the social-ecological systems of tourism destinations. It emphasizes that long-term success in tourism can only be achieved when key players work together to sustain the environmental, socio-cultural, and economic resource bases of the industry.
The project in Samoa has highlighted the role of the resort sector in fostering regenerative tourism and demonstrated how community engagement can transform tourism practices into sustainable models. As tourism contributed significantly to Samoa’s economy pre-pandemic, and with increasing pressures from climate change and environmental degradation, these discussions are both timely and crucial.
This workshop embodies the University of Newcastle’s commitment to fostering sustainable and connected communities while promoting healthier living through environmentally responsible practices. We aim to create a platform for meaningful dialogue that will lead to actionable steps in developing regenerative tourism in our region and beyond.
MEET THE KEY COLLABORATORS
Dr Po-Hsin Lai is an Associate Professor in the Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Leisure Studies, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan. Her research focuses on exploring human-environment relationships and organisational resilience in a constantly changing world driving by human-made or natural forces.
Her research has been applied to sustainable management of tourism destinations, and small and medium-sized businesses in rural, urban and protected settings.
Dr Phoebe Everingham is an early career researcher at the University of Macquarie. She has a multidisciplinary background in sociology, anthropology, human geography, tourism studies and management. Her research expertise is focused on sustainable development, particularly tourism and she is committed to working towards tourism models underpinned by social and ecological justice.
Phoebe has experience working with not for profit and non-government organisations in Peru, Ecuador and Australia. Her PhD focused on volunteer tourism, highlighting the problematic aspects of neo-colonial development practices that stereotype host communities as ‘backward’ and needy’. Her research focuses on the importance of mutual intercultural exchange and understanding and community led development. Phoebe believes that working towards sustainable and equitable futures involves learning from different cultural practices and worldviews.
Dr. Sascha Fuller is an environmental anthropologist with over 15 years of research and field experience in the Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Nepal, and Mexico. She leads the University of Newcastle’s Pacific Node, in partnership with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, to address the environmental, climate, and waste challenges facing Pacific Island communities.
Her work focuses on human-environment relations, with a particular emphasis on plastics pollution, climate change, and their sociocultural impacts, aiming to support sustainable and Indigenous-led solutions. Dr. Fuller holds a PhD from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Newcastle.
