David MacLeod’s research while affiliated with University of Prince Edward Island and other places

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Destination Management Organizations’ Roles in Sustainable Tourism in the Face of Climate Change: An Overview of Prince Edward Island
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April 2024

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Sustainability

Joe MacEachern

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Brandon MacInnis

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David MacLeod

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Globally, destination management organizations (DMOs) are becoming increasingly known for their sustainable practices. Despite the importance of destination management organizations’ sustainability initiatives in the face of climate change, minimal research has been undertaken on the topic in Canada. DMOs on PEI can inform tourists better if they know what other adaptive strategies are taken into consideration around Canada. Our work included host-community interviews and perceptions on DMOs’ roles in improving tourism in the face of climate change. The interviews concluded that tourism officials in Prince Edward Island are becoming more conscious of climate change, but more has to be done to slow down the effects of the phenomenon. This paper also identified challenges facing DMOs in the area of sustainable tourism in the context of climate change. One of the recommendations was that DMOs should have access to techniques for mitigation and adaptation in addition to incentives that are sensitive to local situations. They may successfully advocate for climate change in this way and inform visitors if they are staying in risky places because of the consequences of climate change. The information on the standard operating procedures that DMOs use was intended to be useful to travelers, DMOs, and enterprises involved in the tourism industry. Future implications should discover new approaches for sustainability projects and to achieve a better understanding of how to enhance processes within the tourism industry, and more research on DMOs’ sustainability practices in the face of climate change could help improve this field.

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... The province of PEI is the smallest, lowest-lying and most densely-populated, and the only island provincial administrative region in Canada. In the recent decades, PEI has been increasingly reported having a rising vulnerability towards climate change impacts 14 , and has been regarded as a typical research site for climate change and adaptation studies, including the topics of coastal flooding 15,16 , coastal erosion 17,18 , community resilience 19,20 , agricultural management 21,22 , ecology and landcover 23,24 , tourism management 25,26 , and public health 27 . These recent and ongoing regional research works in PEI are mostly to solve the challenges for the environmental security and sustainable development of the local coastal communities. ...

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Reconstruction of long-term hourly sea level data for Prince Edward Island, Canada
Destination Management Organizations’ Roles in Sustainable Tourism in the Face of Climate Change: An Overview of Prince Edward Island

Sustainability