Outlook on Climate Change Adaptation in the Western Balkan Mountains

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Tourism Albania, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro have developed active tourism strategies, while Kosovo 1 has a draft document. The previous tourism strategy for FYR Macedonia, valid until 2014, has not been updated, although the country does have a strategy for Rural Tourism Development. BiH has strategies for development of the tourism sector at the entity level only (the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska). Although many studies indicate that the tourism sector in the Western Balkans is highly vulnerable to climate change, such issues are generally not considered in tourism policy documents, and the goals and measures related to climate change adaptation are not present in any of the existing tourism strategies. Nevertheless, climate change is being slowly integrated into the decision-making activities of a range of tourism stakeholders, while some strategies recognize climate as a limiting factor for tourism development (in Montenegro, Republika

Mostar old town, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Srpska and FYR Macedonia). For instance, the strategies of Montenegro and the Republika Srpska entity of BiH recognize the importance of mountain tourism, which would suffer especially from a shortened skiing season, and therefore propose

using artificial snow. The previous FYR Macedonian tourism strategy stressed the importance of climate considerations in future strategies and plans for tourism development. Even though FYR Macedonia does not have a current tourism strategy, tourism

Policy Evaluation Matrix

Mainstreaming of adaptation goals and targets

TOURISM

1- low or not considered at all

2- low or mentioned at least

3- somewhat integrated/present

4- high or fully integrated

Adaptation targets

Gender issues

Bosnia and Herzegovina

FYR Macedonia

Availability of implementation tools

Regional (Joint responses)

Albania

Croatia

Serbia

Kosovo*

Montenegro

Participation

No data

Monitoring and Evaluation

Mountain adaptation considerations

No data

Regional/transboundary adaptation considerations

Republika Srpska

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/99 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

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