Ministry of Fisheries: Marine tourism, fisheries and community: creating barometers of economic change

This research responds to a research topic as requested by the Ministry of Fisheries. The aim of this research is to better understand the economic impacts of marine tourism activities on communities. This will be done by evaluating methodologies to measure economic impacts of marine tourism and applying best practice to assess two fishing communities that have been impacted by marine tourism. The research focuses on two cases: the Tutukaka Coast in the Northland region, and Stewart Island, in Southland.
 

This research involves:
 

• Reviews of secondary data and case study reviews;
• Interviews with key stakeholders in each community;
• Web-surveys with the following groups in each community: visitors, businesses, and residents;
• Presentation of findings back to the communities. The research will result in the development of a set of online resources that the communities themselves may wish to utilise in the future to collect data relating to the economic impact of marine tourism.
   

Funder: Ministry of Fisheries