ABSTRACT

There has been a proliferation of academic articles asserting that COVID-19 presents an opportunity to transform tourism. However, the impact on Indigenous Peoples and their involvement in a tourism reset has not received in-depth consideration. In this paper, we analyse the vulnerability and responses of Indigenous Peoples to the COVID-19 pandemic and explore the merits of an Indigenous rights-based approach to the reimagining of post-COVID-19 tourism. Indigenous Peoples are in a position of vulnerability in respect of COVID-19 due to several factors, not least because they are often in a socio-economically disadvantaged position as a result of colonialism and neoliberal policies. Meanwhile, they have been the subject of tourism interest, with versions of their culture offered up as part of tourism products, for many decades. In many contexts, Indigenous people have moved away from traditional livelihoods to dependence on the tourism sector, deepening the impacts of the loss of tourism on Indigenous communities. Our analysis confirms the need for Indigenous People’s wellbeing to be explicitly considered when reconstructing tourism post-COVID-19. This paper asserts that Indigenous voices are critical so that Indigenous aspirations are realised and can inform more resilient development for Indigenous Peoples in the future.

摘要

大量学术文章声称 COVID-19 提供了改变旅游业的机会。然而，对原住民的影响以及他们参与旅游重置的问题尚未得到深入考虑。在本文中，我们分析了原住民对 COVID-19 大流行的脆弱性和反应，并探讨了基于原住民权利的方法重新构想 COVID-19 后旅游业的优点。由于多种因素，土著人民在 COVID-19 方面处于弱势地位，尤其是因为殖民主义和新自由主义政策导致他们经常处于社会经济不利地位。与此同时，几十年来，他们一直是旅游兴趣的主题，他们的文化版本作为旅游产品的一部分提供。在许多情况下，原住民已从传统生计转向依赖旅游业，从而加深了旅游业丧失对原住民社区的影响。我们的分析证实，在 COVID-19 后重建旅游业时，需要明确考虑土著人民的福祉。本文断言，原住民的声音至关重要，因此原住民的愿望得以实现，并可以为原住民未来更具弹性的发展提供信息。