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Climate Change Responsive Tourism Planning:

• Popularizing the use of various natural cooling methods and designs.
• Enabling institutions and businesses to adapt to new tourism seasons.
• Providing the infrastructure necessary for artificial snow technology in
winter tourism.
• Taking the snow line projections into account in new winter tourism
centers.
• Creating a sustainable supply chain.
• Making emergency and disaster plans.
• Raising awareness of tourism businesses and tourists about climate
change.
• Adopting a sustainable waste management system in tourism facilities
and regions, providing recycling services
• Taking sensitive ecosystems and natural sources into account in land
use.
• Taking the rise in sea levels into account in giving new building permits
in coastal areas.
• Taking control of the rising sea levels through structural precautions.
Renewal of Tourism Strategy of Türkiye based on the results of studies on
the effect of climate change will help tourism sector to endure in the future. It
will also help utilize the emerging potentials and mitigate risks. The focus of
new strategy document on possible changes in tourism sector, supporting new
destinations, and strengthening infrastructure as well as increasing adaptation
capacity will contribute to the fight for climate change.
It is worth noting that tourism sector, and particularly international tourism
demand are vulnerable to external effects and they are affected by various
economic, social, political, and demographical factors. These effects may
not emerge in the short term, but may soon lead to positive and negative
effects in tourism demand. However, unlike these abrupt changes, climate
change creates a cumulative impact that builds up in years, and happens in an
extended period of time. For this reason, the reactions of the tourism demand
to the effects of climate change may be observed in the long run.
This study reveals the opportunities and risks related to climate change in
the tourism sector of Türkiye and makes suggestions that may shed light on
future decisions of planning and investments. However, although this upper
scale approach presents a big picture, there is need for detailed analysis on
each tourism destination and type. For this reason, in future studies, the sub-
fields of each tourism destination may be examined in detail, and a basis can
be established for local adaptation and damage mitigation strategies.

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