Climate change planning in a coastal tourism destination, A participatory approach

Author:

Horne Lydia1ORCID,DiMatteo-LePape Asha2,Wolf-Gonzalez Gabriela3,Briones Valeria4,Soucy Alyssa5,De Urioste-Stone Sandra5

Affiliation:

1. Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA; School of Forest Resources, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA; and Geography, GIS, and Sustainability, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, USA

2. School of Forest Resources, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA

3. Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA; US Fish and Wildlife Service, Missouri Ecological Services Field Office, Columbia, UK

4. School of Forest Resources, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA; Woodwell Climate Research Center, Woods Hole, MA, USA

5. Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA; School of Forest Resources, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA

Abstract

Participatory planning is one strategy to increase tourism suppliers’ capacity to jointly anticipate climate change impacts and implement locally feasible and acceptable solutions; however, participatory planning is uncommon. In this study, we co-created a series of planning workshops with tourism partners to examine and address climate change impacts (challenges and opportunities) on Mount Desert Island, Maine, USA. We co-designed and facilitated two Zoom workshops in spring 2021 for tourism suppliers. Workshops focused on (1) identifying climate change impacts to the tourism system and (2) developing planning priorities for the destination. Workshops resulted in two planning priorities: visitation shifts and the opportunity to become a more sustainable destination in response to climate change. Our participatory approach brought together diverse tourism suppliers that do not usually collaborate to increase the destination’s capacity to plan for and respond to climate change. Similar participatory approaches may benefit other natural resource dependent contexts.

Funder

USDA-NIFA

USDA-AFRI Agriculture and Natural Resources Science for Climate Variability and Change (AFRI ANRCVC) Challenge Area Program

UMaine Office of the President

NSF-NRT Conservation Science Program

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

UMaine Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management,Geography, Planning and Development

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