Table of Contents

1. Tourism in changing natural environments Natalie Ooi, Esther Duke and Joseph O’Leary 2. Costs and benefits of environmental change: tourism industry’s responses in Arctic Finland Kaarina Tervo-Kankare, Eva Kaján and Jarkko Saarinen 3. Measuring park visitation vulnerability to climate extremes in U.S. Rockies National Parks tourism Theresa M. Jedd, Michael J. Hayes, Carlos M. Carrillo and Tonya Haigh, Christopher J. Chizinski and John Swigart 4. Climate and visitation to Utah’s ‘Mighty 5’ national parks Jordan W. Smith, Emily Wilkins, Riana Gayle and Chase C. Lamborn 5. Weather sensitivity and climate change perceptions of tourists: a segmentation analysis Emily Wilkins, Sandra de Urioste-Stone, Aaron Weiskittel and Todd Gabe 6. Micro-level assessment of regional and local disaster impacts in tourist destinations Jürgen Schmude, Sahar Zavareh, Katrin Magdalena Schwaiger and Marion Karl 7. Exploring stakeholder groups through a testimony analysis on the Hawaiian aquarium trade Brooke A. Porter

About the Author

Natalie Ooi is Assistant Professor and Program Director of the Ski Area Management Program at Colorado State University, USA. Her areas of research include sustainable tourism, mountain resort development and impacts, social capital, and backpacker tourism.

Esther A. Duke is Western Program Director at the conservation aviation non-profit organization LightHawk, and an Affiliate Faculty Member of the Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Department at Colorado State University, USA. She is a social scientist and specializes in ecosystem services and building capacity for collaborative and performance-based conservation.

Joseph O'Leary is Professor in International Tourism at Colorado State University, USA. His research interests include international and domestic travel and recreation behavior.