Small island developing states, tourism and climate change

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ID7324289
AuthorsFranziska Wolf (0000-0002-9724-5586, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainability and Climate Change Management”, Hamburg, Germany, corresponding author), Stefano Moncada (0000-0002-2235-6046, University of Malta, Islands and Small States Institute, Msida, Malta), Dinesh Surroop (0000-0003-2755-8584, University of Mauritius), Kalim U Shah (0000-0002-3318-0170, University of Delaware), Pravesh Raghoo (0000-0002-0295-0080, University of Delaware), Nicolai Scherle (FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie und Management (FOM), München, Germany), Dirk Reiser (0000-0002-3417-7686, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Kleve, Germany), John N Telesford (0000-0001-7260-0708, University of Prince Edward Island), Sherma Robert (0000-0002-8851-6989, University of the West Indies), Peni Hausia Havea (0000-0002-5411-0358, Country Manager, Live & Learn Tonga, Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga), Roselyn Naidu (0000-0002-3721-7604, Environmental Reporting Specialist, Whangārei, New Zealand), Luca Nguyen (0000-0002-6570-7555, University of Malta, Islands and Small States Institute, Msida, Malta)
Year2022
Volume32
Issue9
Pages1965-1983
Publication date2022-08-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Sustainable Tourism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0966-9582 • E-ISSN: 1747-7646
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09669582.2022.2112203
OpenAlexW4292478416
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited108

Tourism resembles an indispensable source for financing national development and securing local livelihoods in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) with their sun-sea-sand tourism. Related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions counteract sectoral development as climate impacts have begun to severely reduce the attractiveness of destinations. This is valid especially for disaster-prone SIDS where slow and rapid onsetting phenomena and severe, frequent weather events are already experienced, increasingly putting tourist assets, infrastructure, local livelihoods and unique biodiversity under pressure. Against this background, this review synthesizes the recent climate change and tourism literature relating to main SIDS regions, highlighting what is at risk. The authors provide latest evidence of the role tourism plays for these islands and elaborate the peculiar climate risks, impacts and consequences for tourism development. The current state of adaptation is explored and research priorities in SIDS regions are highlighted. Whereas SIDS show high mitigation ambition, the significance of CO2 emissions along the value chain and especially related to the transport to SIDS destinations remains a problem that developed nations must address in their national emission reduction plans. Further research at the interface of climate change and tourism is needed, contributing to the decarbonisation of tourism and successful adaptation in SIDS

Agriculture · Attractiveness · Business · Climate change · Destinations · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Livelihood · Natural resource economics · Small Island Developing States · Tourism · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs

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