State What challenges do you face in being able to provide services to support tourism in your state? NY Lack of funding is the biggest hurdle. Misaligned priorities with tourism agencies
Region
Northeast
The coastal region of NH draws scores of residents and visitors (especially in the summer). I’m not sure additional supports for tourism are needed in this part of the state versus other parts. I’m not sure how to respond to this question.
Northeast
NH
Northeast
NJ Allocating staff time.
ME Capacity is the largest limiting factor. All our our extension staff at Sea Grant touch on tourism and bring expertise to the table, so we do programs as we can, but our staff time is limited.
Northeast
1) Funding for doing these activities, given that we are on soft funds. 2) We have not developed and implemented a needs assessment to know what our niche would be. 3) We do not a dedicated tourism program, rather we implement value-added programs within our Blue economy, aquaculture, and community resilience themes.
Northeast
RI
Northeast
MD We don’t have anybody working in this area. This is the biggest challenge. SC Lack of data on nature-based tourism contribution to state and local economies; tourism impacts on coastal resources (litter, cruise ships); climate change impacts on community tourism (e.g., increased flooding related to tides, storm event, etc.; need for more nature-based tourism development for rural communities (business services, trainings, technical assistance); tourism and sustainable development (addressing competing uses of waterfront access); Challenges from within the agency: competing demands and allocation of staff time to address tourism-related issues with programming. GA We don’t have a designated person to focus solely on tourism. There are other entities that work on tourism so we’d also need to make sure we clearly define our role so we are not duplicating efforts.
Southern
Southern
Competing demands based on program strategic plan and focus areas Definable metrics Audience demand Internal capacity and expertise
Southern
NC
Southern Southern Southern
FL
lack of state specialists w/expertise in this field
VA No funding directed to this effort.
PR Balance development and conservation. Access to resources.
FL I really would like to be able to reach recreational boaters better - they are such a tough audience to reach but their behaviors have huge impacts. Some kind of online training that can be distributed through an industry group or something is needed but finding the right inroad is really tough. Same goes for “Joe Angler” although it is a little easier to reach anglers. (Continued on next page.)
Southern
34 Extension Tourism: Impact and Opportunities of Land- and Sea-Grant Programming
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