Managing and Enhancing Your Destination
Tourism provides substantial economic benefits to communities and the state, while generating local pride and appreciation of assets, opportunities for cultural and environmental learning, and activities for visitors and residents. Extension helps communities leverage their natural and cultural resources to create resilient and sustainable economies that highlight the state's unique and diverse assets and quality of life.
If your community seeks assistance in the areas of tourism and recreation development, please don’t hesitate to connect with us. See below for some examples of how Extension engages with communities.
Programmatic Priorities
- Destination Development (including scenario planning, feasibility studies, and risk assessments; for established and emerging destinations)
- Agritourism Development and Education
- Recreation Economy (in conjunction with Extension’s Nature Economy program)
- Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation Workforce and Skills Development
What We Offer in This Area
Destination Development
Destination development involves stakeholder identification and engagement; asset maps and inventories, brand and marketing planning; organizational development, regional collaboration strategies; long-term vision planning; visitor services and product development plan.
Scenario Planning and Risk Assessment
For established visitor destinations, Scenario Planning and Risk Assessment involves evaluating impacts of demographic changes and visitor trends upon local tourism industry; utilizing assessment strategies such as SWOT and life cycle analyses for strategic visioning and planning.
Downtowns and Trails Program
This program helps communities that are working on increasing vibrancy in their downtowns and on their main streets. The program seeks to help communities connecting their economic centers with natural assets, such as trails and waterways.
Examples include visitor readiness/resident support for tourism focus groups or surveys, depending upon length of engagement
Examples of data generation include facilitating focus groups, conducting surveys
See below for recent articles and upcoming events.
Articles
Events
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October 6th, 2021, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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October 13th, 2021, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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October 20th, 2021, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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October 27th, 2021, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
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November 3rd, 2021, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Resources
A community assessment gathers data from community members to assess the current situation in a cit... Learn More
UNH Cooperative Extension partnered with the Town of Derry to lead a community outreach and engagement effort to re-imagine Hood Park. This re... Learn More
