Social Innovations for Inclusive Development in Tourism

Mari Partanen is a tourism geographer and a cultural anthropologist. In her PhD thesis, she examines tourism and sustainability by diving into the cultural framework of a place where tourism is being developed. She explores community resilience and local inclusion in tourism development through social innovations, which are transformative, co-creative initiatives for challenging the status quo. Her thesis provides alternative, critical aspects to consider in tourism development, while emphasizes the interlinked needs for sustaining socio-environmental systems at multiple scales.