• Provide a snapshot of the current tourism landscape in Newport by combining resident and visitor feedback both qualitative (interviews, focus groups) and quantitative (survey data, OCVA statistics, Discover Newport 2024 analytics). Include insights into how tourism is currently impacting the community socially, economically, and environmentally, as well as expectations or concerns looking ahead, • Define the strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results of the destination, • Describe tourism-related management strategies and tactics to protect and maintain the quality of life for residents and guests and prevent, mitigate, and/or adapt to visitor and resident impacts, • Document, review, and analyze current community initiatives that relate to sustainable tourism and destination management, identify gaps in current policies and practices, and set goals for the community to achieve successful implementation that is based upon and in consideration of destination and City plans and policies already adopted, • Develop goals and actions for a Plan that integrates various stakeholder efforts and empowers community innovation and involvement, • Create a Plan development and implementation timeline and key performance indicators to measure outcomes, • Outline outreach and media strategies to engage stakeholders, communicate to and educate the public on the Plan, offer opportunities to contribute and support the Plan, and leverage existing partnerships, • Propose a 10-year vision and management plan for tourism and sustainability in Newport that includes assumptions, goals, and actions to mitigate those assumptions, and define a purpose and scope of work for future phases of the Plan development.
