Spotlight on Northeast Programs: New Hampshire The University of New Hampshire Extension provides a range of research, community engagement, and training programs aimed at building a vibrant tourism and outdoor recreation economy in New Hampshire. The following community engagement programs and offerings are offered to assist communities and regions in the state with tourism, outdoor recreation, and destination development:
• Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation Workforce and Skills Development training to prepare existing and future workers in a variety of tourism, hospitality, and recreation-related fields. In addition to UNH Extension’s community engagement programs, they partner with UNH’s Department of Recreation Management and Policy and various state agencies and organizations, including the Division of Travel and Tourism and the Granite Outdoor Alliance, to offer targeted trainings to community constituents, tourism enterprises, and organizations, on topics including: • Monthly Rock Talks (various topics focused on outdoor recreation) • Assessing your Tourism Assets • 10-Point Spring Tune-up for Tourism and Hospitality Businesses • Strategies for Attracting Visitors, and • Agritourism Visitor Safety For more information, visit extension.unh.edu/ economic-dev/nature-economy or contact Shannon Rogers: Shannon.Rogers@unh.edu.
• Destination Development Planning support to communities, including scenario planning, feasibility studies, and risk assessments; for established and emerging destinations • Downtowns and Trails Program , which provides direct planning support and technical assistance to communities to help them explore actions that will enable them to better leverage natural assets for economic vibrancy and better link natural amenities with the downtown corridor. • Agritourism Development and Education to guide communities and agricultural enterprises in the best practices to develop and enhance farm and agriculture-based tourism. • Recreation Economy Assessment to help communities and the state understand the various ways that natural assets contribute directly and indirectly to the local, state, and regional economy.
UNH Extension staff have produced a number of guides to help New Hampshire communities understand how their natural assets can be leveraged to meet economic development goals. Source: extension. unh.edu/economic- development/tourism- outdoor-recreation
11 Extension Tourism: Impact and Opportunities of Land- and Sea-Grant Programming
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