Regenerative tourism is not a fad. Quite the opposite, it is the type of tourism that can sustain and grow this activity. Until today, counting the tourists visiting an area represented the success or failure of that place as a tourist destination, but this has changed.
You’ve likely heard that more tourists meant a good season. However, this also led to overcrowded places that seemed more like an invasion of local inhabitants than a tourist visit. To achieve balance, sustainable tourism emerged
However, it is closely related to regenerative tourism. At Pax# Genuine Tourism Advisors, we know how to help you develop projects that combine features of both. Below, we explain why it’s important to adopt them in your tourism business.
Regenerative tourism: What is it and why adopting it
Regenerative tourism addresses concerns we’ve been dealing with in the tourism business for some time. If the tourist is the central focus of our business, what place does the environment hold? What happens to the lives of the inhabitants of a region who feel invaded by tourists?
Faced with these questions, the need arose to start preserving not only the tourist but also the environment they visit and its communities. Without them, there would be no more tourists.
It is a vicious cycle that no one noticed until a few years ago when the planet began to show clear signs of needing care. Thus, the development of sustainable tourism became a new way to approach the tourism business.
The environment and sustainable tourism are the axis on which you must work your tourism projects. Now, does this seem enough to you? Do you think it’s enough to tell tourists not to litter a landscape?
Regenerative tourism encompasses the entire business
The answer to the previous questions is clearly that the measures adopted are not enough. We need to regenerate or reproduce what was damaged. Hence, regenerative tourism arises, which includes and encompasses sustainable tourism
Not only the tourist and the economic aspect of the business become important, but also the communities of a tourist destination and its environment. What does it consist of? It relates on various aspects:
- It must give an important place to culture and various ways of life.
- It must promote social integration.
- It must protect certain places to preserve their origins and memory.
- It must collaborate to restore the environment where needed.
- It must focus on the meaning that tourist destination holds, telling its history, its culture, and the way of life of its people.
All this is possible if your tourism projects are based on sustainable tourism plans in destinations. At Pax#, we know how to recognize the competencies, skills, and resources that allow for the development of a sustainable work plan.
Benefits of sustainable tourism
Sustainable tourism generates benefits of all kinds. Among them, we can mention:
- Enabling tourists to connect with themselves, with the environment, with the local community, and with nature. This leads to unforgettable experiences and a desire to return.
- Improving soil fertility in an area if activities related to local agriculture are promoted, for example.
- Facilitating access to local foods if agricultural practices are implemented.
- Promoting a healthy and clean dynamic.
Ultimately, these benefits focus on a fundamental one: addressing life in every sense. Giving prominence to the human being and their environment will give your tourism project added value.
Experts in regenerative tourism
At Pax#, we work on the specific needs of our clients. We listen to them and approach the design of unique proposals that contain that regenerative value.
We develop tailored strategies:
- We know how to recognize the competitiveness of tourist destinations and highlight all that can stand out about them.
- We know how to calculate the carbon footprint of tourist establishments and organizations to reduce it.
- We conduct workshops to train on sustainable tourism and destination dynamization, among other topics.
- We provide advice on the climate characteristics of regions to detect climate change occurring in that area and act accordingly.
All this leads us to be experts in the development of sustainable tourism plans. We are endorsed by an EarthCheck certification that enables us to implement sustainability systems in companies and organizations.
Contact us, and let’s design together the regenerative tourism plan that best suits your company.
