It can be argued that the highest adaptation preparedness at present can be observed among tourists they are very sensitive to any changes, including climate ones, and given the – enormous tourism supply available both at home and abroad are very quick to change their travel patterns temporarily or permanently. A Portfolio of Climate Change Adaptations Utilized by Tourism Table 19. A Portfolio of Climate Change Adaptations Utilized by Tourism Stakeholders Type of Tourism Tourism industry Governments and Financial sector adaptation operators/businesses associations communities (investors/insurance) Enable access to Snowmaking Require advanced early warning Reservoirs, and Slope contouring building design or equipment (for desalination plants Rainwater collection material (fire example radios) to Fee structures for and recycling resistant) standards Technical tourism operators water consumption systems for insurance Develop websites Weather forecasting Cyclone-proof Provide information with practical and warning building design and material to information on systems structure customers adaptation measures Snow condition reports through the conservation media plans Use of short-term Impact management Low season closures seasonal forecasts plans Adjust insurance Product and market for the planning of Convention/ premiums or not diversification marketing activities interruption insurance Regional Training programs insurance policies diversification in on CCA Business subsidies Restrict lending to business operations Encourage (for example, high risk business Redirect clients environmental insurance or energy operations away from affected management with costs) destinations firms (for example through certification) Coordinated Coastal management Hurricane political lobbying plans and set back interruption for GHG emission Consideration of requirements guarantees reductions and climate change in Building design Comply with adaptation credit risk and Policy standards (for regulation (for mainstreaming project finance example, for example, building Seek funding to assessments hurricane force code) implement winds) adaptation projects Site location (for Monitoring example, north Assess awareness of programs (for facing slopes, higher businesses and Extreme event risk Research example, predict elevations for ski tourists and exposure avalanche risk, areas, and high snow knowledge gaps beach water quality) fall areas) Water conservation conservation campaigns Educate/inform education for Public education Education Campaigns on the potential and employees and campaign dangers of existing customers guests ultraviolet radiation Real-time webcams GHG emission Extreme event Good practice Behavioral of snow conditions offset programs recovery marketing
It can be argued that the highest adaptation preparedness at present can be observed among tourists – they are very sensitive to any changes, including climate ones, and given the enormous tourism supply available both at home and abroad are very quick to change their travel patterns temporarily or permanently. A Portfolio of Climate Change Adaptations Utilized by Tourism Table 19. A Portfolio of Climate Change Adaptations Utilized by Tourism Stakeholders Type of adaptation Tourism operators/businesses Tourism industry associations Governments and communities Financial sector (investors/insurance) Technical Snowmaking Slope contouring Rainwater collection and recycling systems Cyclone-proof building design and structure Enable access to early warning equipment (for example radios) to tourism operators Develop websites with practical information on adaptation measures Reservoirs, and desalination plants Fee structures for water consumption Weather forecasting and warning systems Require advanced building design or material (fire resistant) standards for insurance Provide information material to customers conservation plans Low season closures Product and market diversification Regional diversification in business operations Redirect clients away from affected destinations Snow condition reports through the media Use of short-term seasonal forecasts for the planning of marketing activities Training programs on CCA Encourage environmental management with firms (for example through certification) Impact management plans Convention/ interruption insurance Business subsidies (for example, insurance or energy costs) Adjust insurance premiums or not insurance policies Restrict lending to high risk business operations Policy Hurricane interruption guarantees Comply with regulation (for example, building code) Coordinated political lobbying for GHG emission reductions and adaptation mainstreaming Seek funding to implement adaptation projects Coastal management plans and set back requirements Building design standards (for example, for hurricane force winds) Consideration of climate change in credit risk and project finance assessments Research Site location (for example, north facing slopes, higher elevations for ski areas, and high snow fall areas) Assess awareness of businesses and tourists and knowledge gaps Monitoring programs (for example, predict avalanche risk, beach water quality) Extreme event risk exposure Education conservation education for employees and guests Public education campaign Water conservation campaigns Campaigns on the dangers of ultraviolet radiation Educate/inform potential and existing customers Behavioral Real-time webcams of snow conditions GHG emission offset programs Extreme event recovery marketing Good practice
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