Are there tourism programs that are needed in your state/region that you are unable to offer but wish you could? Yes - tour guide training with certification, administered in partnership with private sector, faculty, and tourism department The types of programs that link fisheries and aquaculture with tourism are in high demand, both from visitors, and from businesses. We already provide some capacity in this area but are limited and would like to be able to do much more. Yes. Aqua - ecotourism. Promoting aquaculture and local food as a tourist attraction. Developing a revenue-based field experience related to coastal activities (wind farm tours, aquaculture, community resilience) for tourism and recreation. I just started my position a month ago and am still learning what areas within Sea Grant we are able to work in. Nature-Based Tourism Certification Program(s) to promote exceptional tourism businesses; Professional development courses related to sustainable tourism business practices as well as environmental issues/impacts (e.g., microplastics, growth and development impacts on resources) We are hoping the coastal tourism conference that we offer this spring will be an opportunity to solicit feedback for future programs. With that being said, birding tourism has been identified as an opportunity that could be enhanced along the coast. While there are efforts by our state to assess the economic impacts of tourism on the coast, there is a need to refine this time of information on a finer scale (county or city level).
Region
State
Northeast
NY
Northeast
ME
Northeast
RI
Northeast
MD
Southern
SC
Southern
GA
Southern Southern Southern
NC VA PR
Leadership development for tourism professionals
Business services- helping eco-tourism businesses develop in rural areas.
Yes
Yes I am sure there are but we dont have a great needs assessment in the state so that is probably where we need to start. I am sure the most needed programs are things that focus on audiences like hotel staff and small business owners but I could not be much more specific without doing some legwork on a survey Visitor carrying capacity studies are being requested at the county and community level. We are involved with one but don’t have the capacity to scale up to do all the islands. Ecotourism operations often request ocean- related educational activities for their passengers impacts of large cruise ships on marine environment marine environmental education for tourists Yes, Economic Impact Studies, Federal Grant Programs, Discovery Tours locally, nationally and internationally
Southern
FL
Western
HI
Western
AK
Western
OR
North Central
IN
No, I think we need to assess what we want to do.
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