Linking climate change, tourist destination adaptation and tourist atttitudes : a case study of the Victorian Surf Coast region

摘要: The global tourism industry is particularly vulnerable to climate change due its strong link and natural ecosystems. Impacts such as warmer temperatures, increasingly frequent intense storms, sea level rise present a range of implications for destinations from altered seasonality increased risk fire, loss beaches erosion coastal areas. Both destination infrastructure ecosystems will be impacted the ability adapt these impacts ultimately influence destination’s long-term sustainability. A review sector adaptation frameworks found that none existing models focused on regional destinations. This was deemed important best applied at local level. role tourist also largely neglected, which some surprise given consumer driven industry, it who has greatest adaptive capacity in terms choosing when where they go holiday activities engage whilst are there. Finally, tended take science approach therefore did not fully consider opportunities made possible by change. This thesis proposes framework (RTAF) model. aim model provide holistic representation steps involved assessing vulnerability resilience, developing an appropriate action plan. RTAF Victoria’s Surf Coast region single case study number options were identified. incorporated three research phases: development stage, Delphi survey.