Climate Change and the Tourism Sector: Impacts and Adaptations at Visitor Attractions. Technical Report: Qualitative Research
Coles, T
Date: 27 September 2023
Report
Publisher
University of Exeter, in partnership with the National Trust and Historic Environment Scotland
Abstract
Executive Summary
This report presents the method used in qualitative research on the relationship between
visitation and weather/climatic at heritage properties now and in the future (to 2080). Funded
by the UK Climate Resilience programme, the project originally had six objectives, to:
1. Identify the main climate risks and ...
Executive Summary
This report presents the method used in qualitative research on the relationship between
visitation and weather/climatic at heritage properties now and in the future (to 2080). Funded
by the UK Climate Resilience programme, the project originally had six objectives, to:
1. Identify the main climate risks and opportunities associated with visits to attractions (i.e.
properties) on the coast, in the countryside and at historic sites;
2. Examine the relationship between current weather/climate and visitation at individual
attractions (i.e. properties) as a baseline;
3. Investigate whether the relationship varies by different types of attraction, their contexts
and attributes;
4. Using UKCP18 data, examine how visitation may change under different climate scenarios
and assumptions;
5. Establish the nature, extent and pattern of vulnerability and exposure at attractions, and
what adaptation responses may be required at the most exposed; and
6. Understand the challenges presented for individual attractions in responding to changing
visitor decision-making and possible impacts on visitor infrastructure.
The qualitative research was intended to address objectives 1 and 6 as well as to add to
understanding, at the level of the individual property, to understanding of the issues raised in
the quantitative research on objectives 2-5. This research informed Section 6 of the main
analytical report, alongside which it should be read. This document outlines the method used
to design a series of semi-structured interviews and in the subsequent analysis. [...]
Management
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
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