Indigenous Tourism an Impact on Climate

Question: Discuss about theIndigenous Tourism an Impact on Climate. Answer: Introduction: Australian Aboriginals have a long history of 50,000 years. Their history is of the knowledge of the spirituality, they are known as the custodian of the land of Australia and its culture. The Australian indigenous tourism is known for its rugged outback, pristine natural beauty, lush rainforests and cultural immersions. Australian tourism in a grand way promotes the tourism to Australian Aboriginal land (Australia, 2016). In this assignment, a research proposal would be given about the impact on climate of the Aboriginal places of Australia. The research would consist of analysis of factors that influence the climate of those places, which are inhabited by Aboriginals. Other factors would also be considered in the assignment. Literature Review Australian domestic tourism according to the data available for 2013-2014 has grown by 70% . Tourism to Australia is a major contributor to the economy of Australia and the year 2015 had been a very good year. Most of the tourism to Australia is by Chinese tourists. Tourism to Australia has also seen a steady growth of people from Japan, South Korea and India. The Australian tourism has been implicitly related with the development of Culture in Australia. Tourism Australia in a grand way promotes Indigenous tourism. Indigenous tourism is a way to showcase the Aboriginal culture of Australia (Siller and Zehrer 2016). Indigenous tourism is defined by the Australian government in which the Indigenous people are directly involved. The indigenous people are involved at each and every step of the tour. A tour to the Australian indigenous region is one in which the visitor participates and experiences the Aboriginal culture. The tourist understands the art, culture, food, and way of life. Indigenous tourism is considered by the Australian government as a key financial earner for the government (Ruhanen, Whitford and McLennan 2015). A study was conducted to assess the impact of tourism on the climate. The study based on the major tourist destinations of Australia investigates the change that climate does. The study also studied the changes in climate vis--vis the inflow of tourists to Australia. A Tourism Climate Index (TCI) was created by Mieczkowski in 1985 to assess the appropriateness of the climate of a tourist destination for tourism purposes. It gives five climatic factors which are responsible for the growth of tourism. The study gave the various regions which have a conducive climate for tourism to occur. The study also suggests that climate is but only one factor which influences tourism (Amelung and Nicholls 2014). A study conducted at the Mulka Cave of Western Australia found that the increase in tourists had a deteriorating effect on the environment. The case study involved the comparison of images taken fifty years ago and the present day (Rossi and Webb 2013). The different factors that influence tourism is the thermal component (which represents the ambient temperature at the tourist place), the physical component (representing wind, rain and snow which limits the likelihood of tourism activities) and the climatic features that are helpful for the tourist enjoying the tourist location (Scott, Hall and GoÃÅ'ˆssling 2012). A study at the Bruny and Magnetic Islands of Australia showed that tourism activities had impacted the climate in the two islands. The study indicated that though tourism was welcome since it enabled economic growth and social opportunities it had negative impacts which if not controlled can be magnified (Moyle, Weiler and Croy 2013). Research Aim The aim of the research is to find the relationship between climatic change and its impact on Indigenous tourism to Australia. Research Question The research question for this assignment is as follows: What is the expanse of Indigenous tourism to Australia? Does Indigenous tourism have an impact on Climate? What are the climatic factors which have been influenced? Research Objective The objective of the research is as follows: To find amount of Indigenous tourism to Australia at different places. To find the degree of Climatic changes at places of Indigenous tourism places. To find the climatic factors that have been influenced Research Methodology The data on indigenous tourism will be observed from the tourism Australia website. The data will be taken for different places, which have an indigenous population. Climatic Data will be collected from the Australian government websites. The factors as given by Mieczkowski should also be taken into consideration. Secondary data will be collected for this research and secondary research technique would be used for the research. Quantitative data will be collected for the research. Data for the last five years would be collected. Deductive research approach would be used to find the correlation between the change in climate and its influence on tourism. The parameters of the climate that have been affected by the indigenous tourism would be marked. Thus a relation between the climatic change due to indigenous tourism would be established. Expected Research Outcome A previous study on the impact of climate on tourism in Australia and New-Zealand concentrated on the ski regions of the two countries. The study found a direct correlation between climate change and the amount of snow at the ski locations. Since the ski locations are tourists places hence the study concluded the impact that amount of snow would have on the tourism industry (Hendrikx et.al. 2013). Other factors that influence tourism would also be considered. This includes the programs being taken up by indigenous Australia to increase tourism. Climate changes have a profound effect on the natural environment and thus on the economic activities of the place. Since climate is one of the primary factors that influences tourism at a particular site thus an adverse climate change will have a corresponding adverse effect of the tourism sector also. Thus with an increase in indigenous tourism there might be a change in climate which will influence the tourism sector. Conclusion It can thus be concluded that the aggressiveness of indigenous tourism will have a positive impact on tourism at the Australian outback. Thus, an increase in indigenous tourism will influence climate change. The present research outcome is expected to follow this trend. It will analyse the climate change that has taken place as a factor of indigenous tourism. Thus indigenous tourism and climate change have a symbiotic relationship. An adverse climate change will affect indigenous tourism. References Amelung, B. and Nicholls, S., 2014. 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