FN ISI Export Format VR 1.0 PT J TI Vulnerability Analysis to Climate Change of a Mediterranean Tourism Resort AF Blapp, Manuela AU Blapp, M AB Climate change has been called the greatest challenge to sustainability of tourism in the 21st century. A real need for adaptation has been recognised for all tourism players in order to guarantee a sustainable future. However, concrete adaptation strategies hardly exist in the tourism industry. This discrepancy may be explained through the fact that climate change research mainly focuses on a global or regional scale, whereas tourism operators need location-specific information. This thesis seeks to bridge this gap by investigating the vulnerability to climate change of one particular Mediterranean resort – Hapimag, Scerne di Pineto in Italy – which has already faced several challenges connected to climate change. A specific vulnerability model for the resort has been developed based on Turner’s framework for vulnerability analysis. A qualitative multi-criterion indicator approach has been used to determine the different elements of the model. Data was gathered through literature review and expert interviews with climatologists and concerned managers from Hapimag. The data was analysed using a structuring content analysis. Finally, key vulnerabilities were identified and location-specific recommendations for adaptation and needs for innovation to respond to climate change were given. ER