Regenerative tourism within the context of climate disasters
department or school: Arts and Social Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Heschuk, Gabrielle
issued: 2025-04-28T19:19:55Z
issued: 2025
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: The financial importance of the tourism industry in BC is well known and continues to be supported by a number of tourism growth strategies at local and provincial levels that are aimed to increase economic profit further. However, in the pursuit of ever increasing economic gain, many believe the tourism industry also actively degrades the natural environment on which it is reliant, simultaneously increasing its vulnerability. Additionally, climate disasters are continuing to increase in prevalence, disrupting tourism industries and the destinations that they support. The objective of this research is to consider the relationship between continued tourism growth and the environment within the context of climate disasters. The approach considers resiliency and regenerative tourism models as a basis for sustainable community development in the City of Kelowna in British Columbia, Canada. This project uncovers destination-specific recovery, resiliency, sustainability and regenerative strategies. This project applied a community-engaged research approach within a case study context in order to collect data that was grounded in the communityâs experience. The research was completed in partnership with Tourism Kelowna, a not-for-profit tourism organization based in Kelowna, BC. This project worked directly on their 2022-2025 Destination Development Plan focusing on the second goal to foster the sustainable growth of the destination (Tourism Kelowna, n.d). Using this goal a collaborative research design was used to guide the research project which applies a qualitative, multi-method case study approach of Kelowna, BC using semi-structured interviews that follow a community-engaged research model. Industry and community key-informants were interviewed, to uncover destination specific recovery, resiliency, sustainability and regenerative strategies. These strategies were organized, translated and modified to fit into an accessible and tangible emergency management toolkit fo…
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note: Regenerative Tourism Within the Context of Climate Disasters by Gabrielle Heschuk B.A., The University of British Columbia, 2022 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Interdisciplinary Studies â Sustainability) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) April 2025 © Gabrielle Heschuk, 2025 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis entitled: Regenerative Tourism Within the Context of Climate Disasters submitted by Gabrielle Heschuk in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts. Dr. Donna M. Senese, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Supervisor Dr. Kevin Hanna, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Susan Frohlick, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Supervisory Committee Member Dr. John Janmaat, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University Examiner iii Abstract The financial importance of the tourism industry in BC is well known and continues to be supported by a number of tourism growth strategies at local and provincial levels that are aimed to increase economic profit further. However, in the pursuit of ever increasing economic gain, many believe the tourism industry also actively degrades the natural environment on which it is reliant, simultaneously increasing its vulnerability. Additionally, climate disasters are continuing to increase in prevalence, disrupting tourism industries and the destinations that they support. The objective of this research is to consider the relationship between continued tourism growth and the environment within the context of climate disasters. The approach considers resiliency and regenerative tourism models as a basis for sustainable community development in the City of Kelowna in British Columbia, Canada. This project uncovers destinat…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2025-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0448624
language: eng
degree discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Senese, Donna
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/90864