Design for regenerative tourism – Museums, territorial alliances, and capacity building
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regenerative tourism, design for territories, cultural institutions, territorial participatory design, overtourismAbstract
This paper presents research in the field of Design for Territories, developed within the European Med4Regen project, which positions museums and cultural institutions as central nodes within regenerative tourism ecosystems. Unlike sustainable tourism, which is primarily concerned with mitigating impact, regenerative tourism pursues the vitality of places and communities through an ecosystemic paradigm based on relationships, co-evolution, and the transformation of mindsets. To date, the literature on territorial design has mainly addressed rural and marginal contexts: this contribution focuses instead on settings under high tourism pressure, framing the designer as a mediator and activator among stakeholders and, in the conclusions, defining the designer’s reflexive role as central to regenerative action.
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Received: 13/03/2026; Revised: 29/04/2026; Accepted: 30/04/2026
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