Examing the Dynamic Relationship Between Climate Change and Tourism: A Case Study of Churchill's Polar Bear Viewing Industry

• Main Author: D'Souza, Jamie
• Other Authors: Dawson, Jackie
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2019
• Subjects: Climate change; Tourism; Polar bears; Churchill; Last chance tourism; Mitigation; Arctic; Churchill Airport; polar bear; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39695; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-23938

The purpose of this thesis research was to examine the dynamic relationship between climate change and tourism, with a direct focus on Churchill, Manitoba’s polar bear viewing industry. This unique tourism industry and the polar bears it depends on, are experiencing the negative effects of climate c...