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How climate events can affect tourism in Oregon communities

How climate events can affect tourism in
Oregon communities

How climate events can affect tourism in Oregon communities

The Sustainable Tourism Lab was developed to protect tourism destinations for future generations of residents and visitors.

The Lab provides data and services to help tourism organizations around the country balance visitor and community needs. It aims to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to pursue sustainable solutions to common tourism industry problems.

To improve the tourism industry through a collaborative, stakeholder-driven process, the lab works to research and design sustainable solutions to the industry’s most pressing problems.

2025

Evaluating Economic Policy Responses to Appease Growing Dissent in Tourism

Todd Montgomery

2024

PROTECTING PARADISE: A SOCIALLY OPTIMAL TOURIST TAX FRAMEWORK

Todd Montgomery

2023

COMMUNITY SENTIMENT OF TOURISM

Todd Montgomery

Snapshot Research Reports

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Published 2026

an Fewer, Wealthier Tourists Lower Community Impacts?

Published 2026

Do Higher Tourism Taxes Change Consumer Behavior?

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Does tourism have bipartisan support?

Published 2026

33 States Introduce Bills to Constrain Tourism

Published 2025

When Did Overtourism Begin?

Published 2025

Residents Ask For Control

Published 2025

The Generational Cost of Failed Policy

Published 2026

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Overtourism Is Out of Control. Here Are the New Rules of Travel.

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New technology from OSU-Cascades and community partners is aimed at reducing food waste

Oregon visitor spending stalls, faces fresh headwinds

Oregon has a lot to offer tourists — the Pacific Ocean, the Cascades, waterfalls, high deserts

How climate events can affect tourism in Oregon communities

How do climate-driven events like wildfires affect tourism in communities like Bend?

Wildfire smoke costs Oregon tourism

Longer periods of wildfire smoke are costing Oregon communities thousands in lost tourism revenue.

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Many environmental externalities remain invisible because they are difficult to measure and are rarely reflected.

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