Organisational Typologies for Experiential Nature Tourism Architecture

2023
Matijs Babris, Uģis Bratuškins, Anna Tihanova, Rolands Hartmans

This research analyses experience-oriented nature tourism architecture approaches to develop sustainable solutions for destination-oriented nature travel. Currently, the tourism industry mostly relies on a classical interpretation of recreational architecture. After analysing a set of 945 case studies, five main approaches for organising nature tourism architecture were proposed – classification by type, location, climate, relation to nature and grouping by main tourist attractors used: existing nature features, built environment, activity and story-oriented destinations, and a combined approach.

Keywords
Experiential travel, nature-based tourism, overcrowding, outdoor recreation, hiking, nature-involved architecture, tourism marketing, ecotourism
DOI
10.2478/aup-2023-0015
Hyperlink
https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/aup-2023-0015

Babris, M., Bratuškins, U., Tihanova, A., Hartmans, R. Organisational Typologies for Experiential Nature Tourism Architecture. Architecture and Urban Planning / Arhitektūra un pilsētplānošana, 2023, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp.164-174. e-ISSN 2255-8764. Available from: doi:10.2478/aup-2023-0015

Publication language
English (en)