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As research on disasters in the tourism context matures, a more holistic understanding of how businesses and communities can recover is needed. Using the disorientation and reorientation framework, this study explores recovery as a place-based process. The perceptions and memories of key stakeholders of Binna Burra Lodge, which was affected by the 2019–2020 bushfires in Australia, are investigated and the analysis reveals two themes of disorientation and four of reorientation. It is proposed that various reorientation mechanisms can be deliberately activated to foster a smoother recovery process. Furthermore, this study shows that tourism-enabled social capital can assist disaster recovery in communities and that, through embracing traditional heritage, communities can not only deal with the loss but also prepare for future disasters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractApproaches that capture the complex interplay between tourism and wildlife crime, such as systems thinking, would enable a holistic understanding of tourism systems. The global surge in poaching during COVID-19 lockdowns underscores the need for such holistic understanding to foster tourism resilience post-pandemic. We adopt a systems approach to analyse the hidden dynamics affecting tourism and its relationship to poaching in the Caribbean’s most popular destination: the Dominican Republic. We conducted interviews with key stakeholders to (1) produce a causal loop diagram illustrating underlying factors causing the failure of a community-based ecotourism project to curb illegal fishing in a marine protected area, (2) identify systems archetypes and key strategic leverage points, and (3) propose fit-for-purpose interventions. The findings reveal 4 systems archetypes and 20 feedback loops, with collaboration emerging as a strategic leverage point. We propose a fifth novel archetype, “Intention vs Action”, and suggest interventions centred on mental models and social capital to combat system decline. The methodology offers powerful visual and narrative tools for holistic planning in protected areas to maximise the success of tourism interventions. The study has valuable policy implications for tourism planning and wildlife crime, enabling tourism managers to understand systems holistically before introducing interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the face of multiple crises, there is a pressing need to increase knowledge, skills and commitment to sustainability and climate action both amongst tourism practitioners and academics. There is an opportunity to deepen the concept of literacy in ways that not only capture operational aspects of tourism and carbon, but also embrace cultural and contextual knowledge and practices, so that the host-guest relationship is mutually enriching and contributes to regenerating destinations. This conceptual paper proposes a pathway that moves beyond building domain-specific carbon literacy to growing "Green Service Literacy" and ultimately "Regenerative Literacy." The vision of Regenerative Literacy connects to deep ecology thinking and decade-long efforts such as those proffered in the Earth Charter. Ultimately, it seeks to (re-)align our lifestyles with nature and ensure the human footprint remains within planetary boundaries. Changes across the tourism system are recommended to enable this transformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]