Global Utilities

Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities

Tourism and Climate Change

The Impact of Climate Change on Australian Toursim Destinations - developing adaptation and response strategies

Chief Investigators:

  • Dr Brad Jorgensen, Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities, La Trobe University
  • Dr Professor Steve Turton (project leader), Australian Tropical Forest Institute, James Cook University
  • Associate Professor Pascal Tremblay, Chair of Tourism, Charles Darwin University
  • Professor Amanda Lynch, Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University
  • Dr Tracey Dickson, Centre for Tourism Research, University of Canberra
  • Professor David Simmons, Director of Research, Sustainable Toursim Cooperative Research Centre

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    The objective of this research is to provide an assessment of the potential adaptations and their economic and non-economic costs in response to forecast climate change in five tourism case study regions. The case studies are designed to provide a national view of climate change adaptations and costs across key Australian destination areas. These areas are Kakadu National Park, Cairns/GBR Region, Blue Mountains, Victorian Alps and the Barossa Valley.

    The purpose of the overall project is a scoping study to increase our understanding of climate change impacts on regional tourism (economic and non-economic) and to inform and prioritise adaptation strategies which can be undertaken within destinations and by tourism businesses for 2020, 2050 and 2070. This research will support decision-makers in government, business and the community to incorporate climate impacts into policy and operational and strategic decisions. 

     

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    Last Updated: 27 May, 2008