Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted global production networks and challenged the resilience of regional economies to external shocks. The tourism sector was severely affected by the travel bans imposed, as were regions characterised by tourism development, such as Zambezi in northern Namibia. Nonetheless, with the support of the national government, conservancies, as local governance institutions, partly maintained the distribution of value from tourism throughout the pandemic and strengthened agriculture-tourism linkages to achieve long-term transformation. These findings suggest that local institutions are able to create regional resilience through their capacity to drive adaptation and adaptability in a diversified regional economy.

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穿越风暴：纳米比亚赞比西地区保护区作为地方机构的区域复原力

摘要 COVID-19 大流行扰乱了全球生产网络，并挑战了区域经济体抵御外部冲击的能力。旅游业受到实施旅行禁令的严重影响，旅游业发展的特点地区，例如纳米比亚北部的赞比西河。尽管如此，在国家政府的支持下，保护区作为地方治理机构，在一定程度上维持了整个疫情期间旅游业的价值分配，并加强了农业与旅游的联系，以实现长期转型。这些调查结果表明，地方机构能够通过其在多元化区域经济中推动适应和适应性的能力来创造区域复原力。