Title
Adventure in the Age of COVID-19: Embracing Microadventures and Locavism in a Post-Pandemic World
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 7-3-2020
Keywords
Adventure tourism, coronavirus, COVID-19, microadventure, sustainable tourism
Abstract
Unprecedented mobility restrictions due to COVID-19 have frozen the adventure travel and tourism industry. These restrictions have forced many to embrace ‘hyperlocal’ approaches to adventure and provided an opportunity to reimagine our adventure travel philosophies and practices. Despite claims that traditional adventure travel could address some of the “world’s most pressing challenges”, it has largely failed to realize its potential to provide a range of social, economic, and environmental benefits. Conversely, microadventure, which espouses adventures in nearby nature that are low-carbon and human-scaled, is an enticing alternative for both current and post-pandemic conditions. This essay first critiques pre-pandemic adventure travel and describes the hazards of this approach in age of COVID-19. It then explores creative ‘lockdown’ microadventures; envisions what post-pandemic adventure may look like; and explains why we not only need to embrace microadventures in a post-pandemic world, but also why we may prefer them to traditional adventure travel.
Published in the Leisure Science Special Issue: Leisure in the Time of COVID-19, a Rapid Response.
Publication Title
Leisure Sciences
Volume
Special Issue
DOI
10.1080/01490400.2020.1773984
Required Publisher's Statement
Leisure Sciences is published by Taylor & Francis. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Taylor & Francis is making relevant research articles free to access in order to support the global effort to diagnose, treat, prevent COVID-19
Recommended Citation
Susan Houge Mackenzie & Jasmine Goodnow (2020): Adventure in the Age of COVID-19: Embracing Microadventures and Locavism in a Post-Pandemic World, Leisure Sciences, DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2020.1773984
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
COVID-19 (Disease)--United States; Travel restrictions—United States; Sustainable tourism--Environmental aspects--United States; Short vacations--Environmental aspects--United States
Geographic Coverage
United States
Genre/Form
essays
Type
Text
Rights
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Rights Statement
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Language
English
Format
application/pdf
