Informing climate-change adaptation measures for nature-based tourism destinations is contingent on understanding how individual attractions respond to the impact of climate change. There is, however, no evidence of the existence of specific approaches for linking individual attractions to climate change. The eco-parcel approach is therefore devised to address the gap. The approach follows three simple steps: (1) identifying and defining individual tourist attractions (2) describing and creating a link between individual attractions and their supporting ecosystems using land cover as a proxy; (3) assessing the importance of discrete landscape patches (eco-parcels) for tourism. The three steps employ literature reviews, tourists' preference surveys and GIS data collection techniques. The operationalisation of the approach in Tanzanian Serengeti and Kilimanjaro National parks case studies shows that the approach is capable of establishing a list of attractions that a destination has and creating spatial–temporal links between attractions and their supporting ecosystems. In conclusion, the eco-parcel approach allows accurate assessment of the likely losses or gains of individual attractions in the event of climate change, providing information on destination-specific climate adaptation strategies and, thus, a useful tool for adapting NBT to climate-change impacts.

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生态地块：一种识别和描述景点的方法，以支持基于自然的旅游目的地适应气候变化的影响

为基于自然的旅游目的地提供气候变化适应措施取决于了解各个景点如何应对气候变化的影响。然而，没有证据表明存在将个体景点与气候变化联系起来的具体方法。因此，设计了生态地块方法来弥补这一差距。该方法遵循三个简单步骤：（1）识别和定义各个旅游景点（2）使用土地覆盖作为代理来描述和创建各个景点及其支持生态系统之间的联系；(3) 评估离散景观斑块（生态地块）对旅游业的重要性。这三个步骤采用了文献综述、游客偏好调查和GIS数据收集技术。该方法在坦桑尼亚塞伦盖蒂和乞力马扎罗山国家公园案例研究中的实施表明，该方法能够建立目的地拥有的景点列表，并在景点及其支持生态系统之间建立时空联系。总之，生态地块方法可以准确评估气候变化情况下各个景点可能的损失或收益，提供有关目的地特定气候适应策略的信息，从而成为使 NBT 适应气候变化的有用工具影响。