Tourism Adaptation Roadmap August Progress Update
With just under eight weeks to go in the workstream, we have been busy collaborating across the three working groups to gather feedback in preparation of analysing the greatest impacts, challenges, and opportunities for the visitor economy.
The Leadership Group has welcomed observers Alex Thompson from NIWA, and Camilla Lundbak and Tim Bamford from Te Papa Atawhai - Department of Conservation into our Kaupapa, ensuring greater representation from a biodiversity/scientific background.
As we are now entering some of the critical discussions, it has been agreed that the final two workshops will be attended by all stakeholders across the three governance groups; leveraging the knowledge and vast experience to develop plausible scenarios and tease out the challenges and opportunities that climate change will bring to bear on the visitor economy.
Following on from the previous month, the development of a te ao Māori framework has evolved to place emphasis on the notion of Mauri (life essence) across the four pillars of wellbeing: natural, social, cultural and economic. Rather than working to develop a visual ‘Māori framework’ for the workstream, our leadership group have agreed to weave te ao Māori principles into our mahi, using storytelling across our four scenario narratives with illustrations that bring to life the reality of each scenario in our final report.
Key discussions from this months’ working groups
What are the most critical driving forces and how will they impact the sector?
In order to explore the most significant climate-related risks and opportunities for the visitor economy, it is essential to understand the evolving landscape. This includes identifying the most significant drivers of change and evaluating their impact.
Below are the identified driving forces for the visitor economy in response to climate change adaptation:
Within each scenario, we are determining how the risks of climate change could plausibly impact the visitor economy value chain. The impact pathways map below is an example of how the physical risks of climate change can flow to impact the visitor economy. Identifying impact pathways will help organisations to be better prepared for a changing climate.
The Secretariat is looking forward to the final stages of this mahi, as our kaupapa starts to come together in preparation of the adaptation strategy and roadmap. See below for some of the upcoming meetings:
Thursday 25th August: Co-chairs meeting (#11)
Thursday 1st September: Co-chairs meeting (#12)
Thursday 8th September: Workshop on Opportunities and the adaptation road map & Co-chairs meeting (#13)
Thursday 15th September: Extra Review Hui (TEG and LG) & Co-chairs meeting (#14)