Eco‐parcel: An approach to identify and describe attractions to support adapting nature‐based tourism destinations to climate‐change impacts

The eco-parcel approach offers a novel method to assess how individual tourist attractions in nature-based destinations, such as Kilimanjaro National Park, respond to climate change. This approach involves three key steps: identifying and defining attractions, linking them to supporting ecosystems using land cover data, and evaluating the importance of discrete landscape patches (eco-parcels) for tourism. By employing literature reviews, tourist preference surveys, and GIS techniques, the method provides destination-specific insights into potential losses or gains due to climate change. This tool aids in developing targeted climate adaptation strategies for nature-based tourism, ensuring resilience against environmental impacts.

Kilungu, H., & Munishi, P. K. (2023). Eco‐parcel: An approach to identify and describe attractions to support adapting nature‐based tourism destinations to climate‐change impacts. African Journal of Ecology, 62(1). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13211