Programs
Count
States
Agritourism—Local Foods, Farmers Markets, Culinary Tourism, Farm Stays Community and Regional Planning and Development Economic, Environmental, and Social Impacts of Tourism and Recreation
7 CT, MD, NY, NJ, PA, VT, WV,
6 CT, MD, NH, NY, PA, WV,
5 NH, NJ, PA, VT, WV
Marketing and Promotion
5 CT, MD, NY, NJ, PA, 4 NH, NJ, VT, WV, 4 CT, NH, PA, WV,
Tourism Research and Evaluation Community Tourism Assessments
Placemaking
3 CT, NH, PA,
Nature-Based Tourism: Ecotourism, Wildlife watching, and Adventure Tourism Tourism Education, Training, and Certification Programs
3 NH, VT, WV
2 NJ, WV
The Shared Economy
1 NH
Cultural-Heritage Tourism
0
State Are there tourism programs that are needed in your state/region that you are unable to offer but wish you could? NH Yes, we would like to adopt a hybrid of Oregon’s tourism studios and Minnesota’s Destination Development programming. VT Yes! There is much more demand for assistance from communities and businesses than we can handle. CT There are a significant number of communities in CT that rely heavily on tourism, particularly along the shoreline, and could probably benefit from hospitality training, asset mapping and development, tourism strategy assessment and planning, downtown development. There are also some substantial opportunities related to COVID and increased outdoor recreation. This may include ecosystem/natural resources impact and management strategy, user data collection, natural resource development. NY More emphasis on Craft And Wine Beverage Trails An expansion of farm tours and visits Interest in the emerging farm stay/ glamping industry Growth for farm to table culinary initiatives Needs for integrated social media, marketing for agritourism A connection with agritourism and wine industry A way to connect more fluidly with other tourism entities (ie; chamber, tourism promotion authority) NJ Ecotourism may be an opportunity area; however we lack capacity. PA Cultural Heritage Tourism MD glamping MA We do not even have basic farm business management support at UMass Extension, so we would need the resources to offer that sort of programming as a foundation, and then to incorporate tourism components as an add-on. RI I’m sure there must be, but this isn’t an area where Extension is currently active. DC There is tourism in the District of Columbia, but not a priority area for extension at this time. DE not sure
8 Extension Tourism: Impact and Opportunities of Land- and Sea-Grant Programming
extensiontourism.net
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