Tourism and disaster risk reduction

Rising temperatures and extreme weather threaten tourism livelihoods and economic stability in the Asia-Pacific. Climate-resilient policies, partnerships, and health-focused systems are vital to mitigating these impacts and sustaining growth.

Hurricanes, rising sea levels and other climate-fueled hazards are wreaking havoc on tourism-dependent communities around the world.

Multiple hikers have died this summer in the Grand Canyon National Park — a U.S. West landscape known not only for its rugged beauty, but also for its perilous weather extremes.

Popular destinations in Greece struggle to cope with a tourism surge as climate change strains resources.

Climate change poses increasing and severe risks to tourism businesses. Beach holidays are threatened by rising sea levels, ski resorts can no longer depend on snowfall and some tourism businesses risk becoming uninsurable.

Public health adviser says higher temperatures caused by climate crisis pose danger for visitors not used to them

Not only do volcanologists now have the ability to predict the likelihood of activity in advance, but important collaborations between scientists and local officials mean that many places, have systems in place to convey early warnings.

In the summer of 2021, travelers in Colorado's Glenwood Canyon were safely evacuated before massive mounds of mud and rocks buried highways and destroyed bridges, thanks to a debris flow warning system developed in part by the U.S. Geological Survey.

With the objective of assessing the capacity Saint Lucia’s tourism sector to plan, design, implement, monitor, and evaluate climate resilient and inclusive recovery projects, the SRCA was implemented in the country’s tourism sector.

This report presents the results of the Sectoral Recovery Capacity Assessment (SRCA) undertaken in Dominica to assess the capacity of the country’s tourism sector to plan, design, implement, monitor, and evaluate resilient and inclusive recovery projects.