20.500.12556/RUL-182780 The future of the sustainable tourism paradigm navigating transformative forces and expanding into space and cyberspace This article explores the paradigm of sustainable tourism and its evolution under the transformative forces of the 21st century, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, political shifts and new tourism phenomena such as overtourism and regenerative tourism, as well as rapid technological advances such as digitalisation, space tourism and metaversal travel. Utilising a dual paradigmatic framework inspired by Kuhn’s philosophy of science, this study explores 'what' should be sustained and 'how' sustainability can be achieved. Using a literature review and social network analysis, current interpretations and applications of sustainable tourism are critically evaluated. At the same time, past, present, emerging and quasi-paradigms that are friendly or rival and complement or challenge the sustainable tourism paradigm are examined. The findings emphasise the need to reassess and adapt the theoretical and practical foundations of a tourism-specific paradigm that should incorporate new phenomena and extend to extra-terrestrial and metaverse contexts. Future research should focus on the resilience and adaptability of paradigms to ensure their relevance in an evolving tourism landscape. tourism sustainable development cybernetics turizem trajnostni razvoj kibernetika true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-05-22 15:17:45 2026-05-22 15:25:31 2026-05-23 04:42:00 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Str. 147-162 0000-00-00 PostprintKoncna Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 338.48 10.2307/jj.30551284.19 268038147 268034307 Mihalic_2026_AAM_Future_Tourism-Paradigm-RUL.docx Mihalic_2026_AAM_Future_Tourism-Paradigm-RUL.docx 1 19E384885432F9B94E494CD52291BA39 b1b8c2398f68656a7029d78c2305460e820ff862fa02908041fe81708d39564c 3fe9a557-55e1-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=234319 https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/envisioning-tourism-in-the-future/?SF1=work_id&ST1=CVIEW-6853dc6540bbc 0 4da2c520-55e1-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=234320 Ekonomska fakulteta 0 0 0