Smart Regenerative Tourism (SmaRT) App
Co-Funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) through the Tourism Innovation Stream One program.
What is SmaRT App?
📱The SmaRT App encourages regenerative tourism in New Zealand by offering a wide range of eco-conscious travel options. The App aims to provides a database of regenerative tourism offerings, benefiting local communities, businesses, and the environment. This empowers both travellers and businesses to make regenerative choices, fostering positive contributions to the environment and society. The goal is to “ensures that tourism gives back more to people and places than it takes” MBIE.
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Are You?
A New Zealand Citizen/resident who wants to contribute to a regenerative tourism community?
A Banks Peninsula resident who wants to
contribute to a regenerative tourism community?
A Banks Peninsula business or community organisation
aiming to promote regenerative tourism?
A traveller who wants to understand your
impact upon the environment and
communities?
YES?
Your voice matters and you can participate.
📱Complete the Survey for Early Access and a FREE 2-Year Listing on the Regenerative Tourism App! 📱
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Journal of Sustainability and Resilience
Project Regenerative Tourism
Climate Change Commitments and Challenges to Achieve Regenerative Tourism: A Case of Aotearoa New Zealand
Abstract New Zealand heavily relies on nature-based tourism for its popular "100% pure New Zealand" brand. However, the country faces challenges in mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to the significant contribution of long-haul destination. Despite various...
The sounds of travel: video ethnography in multisensory tourism research
Abstract While the analysis of the tourist experience often relies on the visual representations, recent research also increasingly calls for a multisensory understanding of tourism research. Soundscapes are an emerging type of tourism attraction that contributes to...
Host Communities: The Foundation of Regenerative Tourism
Abstract Tourism is a human structure and cannot be equated to natural systems such as farming. While regenerative farming focuses on the health of the natural system starting with the soil, tourism is a human system and must focus on regenerating the human system....