Griffith University has taken a pivotal role in shaping the future of tourism in Queensland, aiding in the development of a new Climate Change Adaptation Plan released today.
Griffith Institute for Tourism director Professor Susanne Becken served as the primary author of the newly unveiled Queensland Tourism Climate Change Response Plan, which draws on 20 years of research into climate change and tourism.
The Queensland Tourism Industry Council-led plan, which was also drafted in partnership with Department of Environment and Science, examines the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for operators, travellers and other tourism stakeholders in navigating the changing world around us.
The plan considers short- and medium-term time frames (2030), as well as accounting for long-term goals to meet the state’s zero-net-emissions target by 2050.
According to the report, the most direct climate change-related risks facing the local tourism market are physical impacts, be they acute (e.g. cyclones, floods) or chronic (e.g.
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