Climate Change Adaptions and Pathways for Tourism and Landscape Management

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the need for effective climate change adaptation strategies in the tourism industry. Tourism destinations around the world are increasingly seeking ways to build resilience to climate change and to protect their natural and cultural assets for future generations. In this context, tourism landscape management has emerged as a critical area of focus for climate change adaptation, as it involves the planning, design, and management of tourism destinations and attractions in a way that minimizes climate-related risks.

This Special Issue “Climate Change Adaptions and Pathways for Tourism and Landscape Management” will explore a range of innovative adaptation strategies and pathways that can help tourism industry professionals, policymakers, and other stakeholders to address the impacts of climate change on tourism landscapes and to build resilience.

The aim of this Special Issue is to provide insights into the adaptation strategies and pathways for managing tourism landscapes in the face of climate change. This will be achieved by exploring various strategies that can help tourism industry professionals, policymakers, and other stakeholders to address the impacts of climate change on the tourism industry and to build resilience.

A broad range of topics are to be covered in this Special Issue, including rural tourism, wine landscapes, urban tourism, and the use of technologies in climate change adaptation for tourism. Topics related to climate change adaptation strategies for tourism landscape management within the scope of the Special Issue include but are not limited to:

• Understanding the impacts of climate change on landscape and tourism activity;
• Identifying the challenges and opportunities for tourism industry professionals in adapting to climate change;
• Exploring innovative and sustainable adaptation strategies for landscapes and tourism activity;
• Assessing the effectiveness of current adaptation measures and identifying gaps in the literature;
• Examining the role of stakeholders in climate change adaptation for landscapes and tourism activity;
• Examining the challenges and opportunities for rural or urban tourism destinations in adapting to climate change;
• Assessing the vulnerability of wine landscapes to climate change and identifying adaptation measures that can enhance the resilience of the wine tourism industry;
• Exploring the potential of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain to support climate change adaptation and resilience;
• Highlighting best practices and case studies from around the world.

This Special Issue will feature original research articles, reviews, case studies, and perspectives that contribute to advancing our understanding of climate change adaptation strategies for tourism activity and landscape management. The papers are expected to offer new insights and solutions for addressing the challenges posed by climate change in the tourism industry in addition to demonstrating the practical implications of the research for stakeholders. It is hoped that the recommendations presented in this Special Issue will be useful for tourism industry professionals, policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders as they work to address the challenges posed by climate change.

We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.

Prof. Dr. Hélder Da Silva Lopes
Prof. Dr. Paula Remoaldo
Prof. Dr. Vítor Patrício Rodrigues Ribeiro
Dr. Juliana Araújo Alves
Guest Editors

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