‘Our Home Holiday Town’: youth participatory research for ethical and responsible tourism
研究通过青年参与式项目，探索儿童和青少年作为变革推动者在地方层面促进伦理与负责任旅游的作用，采用社会戏剧作为探究和倡导工具，强调青年参与是负责任旅游中重要但未被充分探索的维度。
This article explores the role of children and young people as change agents in promoting ethical and responsible tourism at the local level. Drawing on a youth participatory research project that used social theatre as a medium of inquiry and advocacy, the study explores how young participants navigated roles as researchers, educators, and activists. Informed by Freirean pedagogy and childist principles, the research contributes to broader discussions on social justice within the tourism industry, advocating for more inclusive and equitable tourism practices for young people. Rather than presenting empowerment as linear or guaranteed, the study traces how agency was negotiated through creative expression, youth-led inquiry, and public dialogue. The findings contribute to advancing tourism scholarship by foregrounding youth participation as a vital yet underexplored dimension of responsible and ethical tourism. It introduces social theatre as an innovative methodological tool for emancipatory praxis in tourism research. Implications for policy and practice include the need for child-informed governance structures, sustained participatory mechanisms, and reflexive engagement with young people as co-creators of knowledge and change.