A CONVIVIAL APPROACH TO TOURISM-ORIENTED URBAN REGENERATION

This dissertation explores how tourism-oriented urban regeneration can be reimagined through the lens of guest-host conviviality. Using a three-phase mixed-methods design, the study examines how everyday interactions between visitors and residents shape, challenge, and potentially enhance socially responsive urban regeneration. Phase I establishes a conceptual foundation by analyzing academic literature and digital news media to clarify the definition, scope, and post-pandemic challenges of tourism-oriented urban regeneration. It highlights emerging tensions between tourists and locals as a critical issue in urban destinations. Phase II introduces and empirically tests a guest-host conviviality framework through a comparative survey. Defined as organic and mundane encounters between visitors and residents, guest-host conviviality is shown to manifest in four key dimensions: Everydayness, Mutual Recognition, Co-Creation, and either Adaptation (for visitors) or Reception (for residents). This phase reveals both shared values and perceptual asymmetries between visitors and local residents, offering insight into how urban regeneration efforts can better align with relational dynamics. Phase III draws on expert interviews to assess the practical feasibility of integrating conviviality into planning and design. Practitioners support everyday-centered regeneration but cite structural barriers, limited cross-sector collaboration, and underdeveloped visitor engagement as challenges. Still, emerging practices—such as participatory placemaking and flexible design—demonstrate potential for operationalizing convivial values. The study concludes by proposing a convivial approach to tourism-oriented urban regeneration that is participatory, adaptive, and grounded in everyday urban life, contributing to more inclusive and resilient tourism futures.