Regenerative Tourism - beyond the buzzword in conversation with Tina O'Dwyer

Truth Behind Travel Podcast

Dolores Semeraro interviews Tina O'Dwyer - Founder & Chief Facilitator at The Tourism Space® on Regenerative Tourism: where does a destination start the journey?

About Tina O'Dwyer

She is the Founder and CEO of the Tourism Space, a leading consultancy and education provider partnering with the public sector to enable sustainable, regenerative and collaborative approaches to tourism. They work alongside government departments, public sector agencies, not-for-profit organisations, destination stewards, and EU projects to drive meaningful change.
Working on the practice of sustainable and regenerative tourism since 2009, her contributions have been recognised nationally and internationally through multiple awards, including the All-Ireland Business Foundation's Tourism Businessperson of the Year award.
She serves as Sustainability Advisor for World Travel Market in London, on the Sustainability Committee of the Irish Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions (AVEA) and as a Member of the Advisory Board of Atlantic Technological University (ATU).

About The Tourism Space®

The Tourism Space® is a leading international consultancy that specialises in enabling sustainable, regenerative and collaborative approaches to tourism. They provide training, facilitation, coaching, speaking and consultancy services to government departments, public sector agencies, not-for-profit organisations, European Institutions and EU-funded projects.
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On this episode:

• Challenges and Resistance in Implementing Regenerative Tourism
• Economic Perspective and Visitor Segmentation
• Responsibility and Visitor Behaviour
• Collaboration and Community Involvement

Dolores Semeraro is a sought-after international tourism keynote speaker and sustainable tourism marketing professional.
Dolores actively works in the tourism and travel conference space as a keynote speaker and moderator, gracing the stages of international tourism summits and trade shows.

As a professional keynote speaker, Dolores’ speaking topics encompass sustainable digital marketing for the tourism industry, how to establish digital mastery, and learn how to identify today’s traveler’s needs.

During the pandemic, Dolores launched her podcast show named ‘Truth Behind Travel Podcast’ where she regularly interviews tourism and travel industry leaders and representatives on how to rebuild the future of travel.

In the recent years, Dolores has continued to work and live on beautiful islands such as Mauritius, where she started her tourism and hospitality marketing consultancy working closely with the Mauritian luxury hospitality sector as corporate trainer.
According to her international clients, Dolores is a gifted trainer and intuitive workshop facilitator.

She is now based in Europe where she actively works as keynote speaker and corporate trainer in the tourism industry.

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Chapters

1. Regenerative Tourism - beyond the buzzword in conversation with Tina O'Dwyer (00:00:00)

2. Tina O'Dwyer's Journey and the Tourism Space (00:00:01)

3. Challenges and Resistance in Implementing Regenerative Tourism (00:03:40)

4. Economic Perspective and Visitor Segmentation (00:09:35)

5. Responsibility and Visitor Behavior (00:15:43)

6. Collaboration and Community Involvement (00:24:20)

7. Defining Regenerative Tourism and Its Impact (00:36:11)