Determinants of visitor climate change risk perceptions in Acadia National Park, Maine, USA

Horne, Lydia; Urioste-Stone, Sandra De; Seekamp, Erin; Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, Parinaz; Rickard, Laura N.

doi:10.1016/j.jort.2021.100401

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“…Households that have a long experience of farming are highly observant of the changes around them and notice any change in temperature, rainfall, and especially rainfall duration. This is consistent with studies that show experience to be a major determinant of perceptions regarding climate change (Linden, 2015;Horne et al, 2021). Surprisingly, large households did not perceive increased temperatures, because most members have either migrated to cities or are too young to perceive changes.…”

Section: Perception Of Climate Changesupporting

confidence: 89%

Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Rajasthan

2022

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Climate change is a globally challenging phenomenon that is particularly distressing for the agricultural sector, as agricultural products and productivity depend on the climate. This study analyses agricultural households? perception of climate change and the adaption strategies undertaken to mitigate it. A purposive random sampling technique is used to collect primary data from a survey conducted in the arid and semi-arid regions of Rajasthan, India. The study employs logistic regression to identify the determinants of the perception of climate change and adaptation strategies, while a livelihood vulnerability index is constructed to indicate households? degree of vulnerability, focusing especially on adaptive capacity. Out of the total sample of 600 households analysed, 534 perceive a long-term change in the climate. Farmers? adaptation strategies include crop diversification, mixed cropping, crop rotation, and farm ponds. The major factors affecting adaptation are the educational status of the household head, farming experience, type of financial support, agricultural training, land size, access to agricultural institutions, distance between the household and farmland, and storage. The livelihood vulnerability index shows that most of the households are moderately vulnerable. The study recommends an efficient weather forecasting system and effective government policies to improve credit availability, financial support, and agricultural mechanization.

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Section: Perception Of Climate Changesupporting

confidence: 89%

Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Rajasthan

2022

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“…Climate resources are a type of natural resource that are often the most salient determinant of outdoor tourism and recreation decisions (e.g., [8,68,69]). For destination managers of outdoor tourism and recreation locations, it is imperative that they understand (1) the favorability of climate resources that influence tourists' behaviors and (2) the changes of favorability due to climate change.…”

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Global Climate Resources for Camping and Nature-Based Tourism

Craig

Scott

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Tourism and Hospitality

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Climate change is impacting the distribution of climate resources upon which nature-based tourism and recreation depends. Accordingly, we examine the global distribution of climate resources from 1948 to 2016 using the Camping Climate Index (CCI), a composite index previously validated for camping and national parks visitation for 80% of the world’s major climate types found in the United States. Calculating the CCI globally, spatial and temporal analysis indicates that climate suitability differs greatly for nature-based tourism and that changes have occurred over the last 50 years in many destinations. Locations with higher latitudes and altitudes have primarily experienced shifts towards more favorable climate conditions. Conditions have worsened in tropical and subtropical regions such as central Africa, central Australia, and Southern Asia. Results demonstrate that the redistribution of global climate resources for nature-based tourism and recreation is primarily driven by warming temperatures and the increased frequency of extreme weather events in some regions. Study findings are of particular interest to destination managers and planners of outdoor locations susceptible to weather and climate change.

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“…When given a list of possible effects, visitors to the same island park perceived that extreme weather was the largest risk for potential future travel, followed by the increased presence of mosquitos and ticks due to climate change [50]. People who believed in climate change or had experience with climate change had higher risk perceptions in relation to tourism to the island park [51]. Additionally, nature-based tourists to Maine were more concerned over the impacts of climate change to tourism than non-nature based tourists [43].…”

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Effects and perceptions of weather, climate, and climate change on outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism in the United States: A systematic review

Wilkins,

Horne

2024

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Weather, climate, and climate change all effect outdoor recreation and tourism, and will continue to cause a multitude of effects as the climate warms. We conduct a systematic literature review to better understand how weather, climate, and climate change affect outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism across the United States. We specifically explore how the effects differ by recreational activity, and how visitors and supply-side tourism operators perceive these effects and risks. The 82 papers reviewed show the complex ways in which weather, climate, and climate change may affect outdoor recreation, with common themes being an extended season to participate in warm-weather activities, a shorter season to participate in snow-dependent activities, and larger negative effects to activities that depend on somewhat consistent precipitation levels (e.g., snow-based recreation, water-based recreation, fishing). Nature-based tourists perceive a variety of climate change effects on tourism, and some recreationists have already changed their behavior as a result of climate change. Nature-based tourism suppliers are already noticing a wide variety of climate change effects, including shifts in seasonality of specific activities and visitation overall. Collectively, this review provides insights into our current understanding of climate change and outdoor recreation and opportunities for future research.

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Determinants of visitor climate change risk perceptions in Acadia National Park, Maine, USA

Cited by 10 publications

References 61 publications

Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Rajasthan

Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Rajasthan

Global Climate Resources for Camping and Nature-Based Tourism

Effects and perceptions of weather, climate, and climate change on outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism in the United States: A systematic review

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