Ecotourism resilience to climate change in Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan

Increasingly tourism destinations worldwide have to face the threats associated with climate change. Because of these threats, there is a growing need to develop and reinforce the adaptive capacity of tourism systems to cope with current and future challenges. In tourism studies, resilience assessme...

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Published in:Journal of sustainable tourism 2018-04, Vol.26 (4), p.519-536
Main Authors: Jamaliah, Malek M., Powell, Robert B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptive systems
Biosphere
Climate change
Dana Biosphere Reserve
Economic development
Ecotourism
Environmental governance
Environmental policy
Governance
Local communities
Natural resource management
Resilience
Social-ecological systems
Sustainability
Threats
Tourism
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Summary:Increasingly tourism destinations worldwide have to face the threats associated with climate change. Because of these threats, there is a growing need to develop and reinforce the adaptive capacity of tourism systems to cope with current and future challenges. In tourism studies, resilience assessments are a relatively new approach used to ascertain stakeholders' opinions regarding the human and natural conditions that are likely to increase the capacity of the tourism system to successfully cope with disturbances. This study examined local communities in and around Dana Biosphere Reserve (Jordan), specifically perspectives regarding the social, environmental, governance and economic dimensions of resilience that theoretically support the capacity of the ecotourism system to withstand or adapt to climate change. The results indicated perceived moderate resilience to climate-change-related threats in the environment dimensions of the study, and scope for further development of resilience in the social, economic and governance dimensions. Ultimately, further adaptation planning and policies appear necessary, to ensure robust and proactive measures are in place to respond to climate change threats and to protect the ecotourism socio-ecological system in Dana Biosphere Reserve.
ISSN:0966-9582
1747-7646
DOI:10.1080/09669582.2017.1360893