“Climate Change and Tourism - Evaluating the extent of adaptation policy in the tourism strategic plans of European Countries”. Una delle prime tesi di laurea in Italia sull’impatto in 6 destinazioni europee.

1. CLIMATE CHANGE AND TOURISM
Presented By Maddalena Penna
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Evaluating the extent of adaptation policy in the tourism
strategic plans of European Countries

2. Chapter 1 - climate
change and tourism
Chapter 2 - methodology,
evaluation criteria and
results
Chapter 3 - comments
and discussion
Structure:
ABOUT THE DISSERTATION
Objective:
Evaluate the extent to which
adaptation policies are
present in the national
tourism strategic plan of
some European countries.

3. Tourism is a climate-sensitive
activity
Significantly contributes to the
emission of GHG
CLIMATE CHANGE AND TOURISM
Urgent need to speed up
climate action in the
tourism industry
Taking into account climate
change in tourism policy
constitutes a crucial shift for the
sector’s resilience
Historically, tourism institutions
pursued mainly economic goals
Failed to develop effective
policies to address the issue

4. Adaptation entails lowering the
risks and vulnerabilities through
the modification of current
systems (IPCC, 2022).
Mitigation entails cutting back
on the emission of greenhouse
gases that trap heat in the
atmosphere
ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION
Costs Benefits
Adaptation Mitigation
Costs Benefits
Private actors and communities International agreements and
national public policies

5. Destination adaptation to climate change entails modifications to practices,
processes, or structures to account for shifting climatic circumstances (Leary
et al., 2001).
DESTINATION ADAPTATION
Climate knowledge Destination vulnerability Adaptation enablers

6. Evaluation of the
existence of adaptation
objectives, if any.
SECOND STEP
METHODOLOGY
Assessment of the
presence of adaptation
strategies, evaluating
their readability,
applicability, relevance,
and concreteness
THIRD STEP
Determination of whether
climate change is a
primary concern guiding
the national tourism
strategic plans.
FIRST STEP

7. EVALUATION
CRITERIA
APPLICABILITY
Quality of being
functionally and easily
applied in different
situations
READABILITY
Quality of being legible
and easy to understand
Quality of being
appropriate and suitable
with respect to the reality
CONCRETENESS
Quality of being concrete,
not abstract
RELEVANCE

8. Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Norway
Spain
Finland's Tourism
Strategy
Recovery and
transformational plan for
tourism
OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL TOURISM STRATEGIC PLANS IN EU
COUNTRY NAMING
National Tourism
Strategy
Strategic plan for
development of tourism
National tourism
strategy 2030
Sustainable tourism
strategy of Spain 2030
YEAR OF
PUBLICATION
PERIOD OF
IMPLEMENTATION
RESPONSIBLE FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF
NTSP
2021
2021
2021
2021
2019
2023
2022-2028
2023-2027
2022-2030
2022-2030
2022-2030
2022-2030
Ministry of industry,
trade and tourism
Ministry of tourism
Ministry of Economic
Affairs and Employment
Federal Ministry for
Economic Affairs and
Energy
Ministry for Europe
and Foreign Affairs
Not available

9. RESULTS
Climate change as a key principle guiding NTSPs
Only three countries reached the highest evaluation, which are Finland, Norway,
and Spain.
The other countries did not fully satisfy the assessment.
Source: Author’s elaboration based on Datawrapper

10. Presence of adaptation objectives in the NTSPs
Source: Author’s elaboration based on Datawrapper
In this case, none of the six countries reached the highest evaluation.
Indeed, objectives of adaptation were partially or not in included in the tourism
strategic plans considered.

11. Presence of adaptation policies and strategies in the NTSPs
Source: Author’s elaboration based on Datawrapper
Evaluation criteria of the adaptation policies and strategies in NTSPs
Source: Author’s elaboration based on Datawrapper
The majority of the plans
analyzed have limited
room in relation to
adaptation policies.
Almost half of the
provided adaptation
strategies did not
comply with the identified
evaluation criteria.

12. THE MAIN
TAKEAWAYS
Climate change as a strategic
variable in developing and managing
national tourism plans
Knowledge and awareness are
crucial aspects to effectively respond
to climate change
Future tourism strategic plans must
be built on a foundation of
sustainability

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