The Gateway and Natural Amenity Region (GNAR) Initiative, an Extension program housed at Utah State University has created a linking hub for western gateway communities to connect, learn, and share how they are planning to thrive in the post COVID-19 era. This webinar recording explores the challenges these communities are facing, and share lessons learned from listening to these communities plans for the future.
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Tourism has both positive and negative economic, sociocultural, and environmental impacts in any destination. Join this week’s NET webinar to hear how one popular destination is measuring the community’s perception of these impacts, and how communities in Hawaii are planning to rebuild, redefine and reset the direction of tourism there.
Presented by Andy Northrop, Michigan State University Extension This webinar took place on May 20, 2021. The recording is available here. Michigan State University Extension’sRead More
In this webinar, three Sea Grant panelists described how their work connects to tourism and how they approach their work as it relates to the triple-bottom line (environmental, economic, and social) aspects of sustainable tourism. A recording is available.
During this webinar, members of a multi-state team of extension specialists and researchers will share the findings from a national agritourism survey with a focus on regional differences across the US. They’ll also address supporting agritourism during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
During this presentation, Bryan Fluech will discuss how Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant adapted its programming to serve its tourism community in spite of the pandemic, and how they are using the discussion series as a planning tool for future tourism programming efforts.
On October 22, 2020, Linda Cox of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa will describe the development of the Hawaii Ecotourism Association Sustainable Tourism Certification Program.
On August 20, 2020, Andy Northrop (MSU Extension) presented a webinar on a partnership between Extension and Travel Michigan to deliver multiple sustainable tourism trainings across Michigan’s ten Prosperity Regions. A recording is available.
In this webinar, Rhode Island Sea Grant’s Azure Cygler described how aquaculture tours in Rhode Island offer a path for sharing the industry with the general public in meaningful, interactive ways. A recording is available.
In this webinar, Cheryl Hargrove of the Georgia Department of Economic Development offered an agency representative’s perspective on the current tourism situation (amid a global pandemic) and how Extension will be able to play a role in helping communities respond. A recording and slides are available.