Yukon River tourism potential : resource capacity methodology and assessment ...

• Main Author: Freeman, M. Joan
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2010
• Subjects: Dawson; Yukon river; Yukon
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0095727; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0095727

This study concerns the tourism potential provided by the natural, historic and cultural resources of the Yukon River Corridor between White-horse and Dawson. A method was developed and used to assess the carrying capacity of these resources for tourism. Carrying capacity is defined as the maximum number of tourists that a resource can support without being degraded below an acceptable quality standard. The study focused on two determinants of carrying capacity: the biophysical characteristics of the Corridor and the socio-psychological characteristics or user expectations of tourists. A third determinant, management actions, was not investigated because few management regulations and policies now exist for the Corridor and because the study concerns future potentials; present policies could change in future. Ideally, management goals define the activities for which carrying capacity should be calculated. Since there were no such goals for the Corridor, it was decided to calculate carrying capacities for all ...