_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: happy.lemweli59@gmail.com; Journal of Economics, Management and Trade 23(1): 1-11, 2019; Article no.JEMT.47143 ISSN: 2456-9216 (Past name: British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade, Past ISSN: 2278-098X) Climate Change Adaptation and Tourism: Towards Sustainable Tourism development in Kilimanjaro National Park Mountain, Tanzania Happy O. Lemweli 1* and G. Minja 2 1 Mwenge Catholic University (MWECAU), P.O.Box1226, Moshi, Tanzania. 2 Department of Geography, Mwenge Catholic University (MWECAU), P.O.Box1226, Moshi, Tanzania. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between both authors. Author HOL designed the study, performed the statistical analysis, wroto the protocol and wrote the first draft of manuscript. Author GSM managed the analyses of the study and literature search. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JEMT/2019/V23I130118 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Abdul Kadir Bin Othman, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. Reviewers: (1) Atilla Akbaba, İzmir Katip Celebi University, Turkey. (2) Romer C. Castillo, Batangas State University, Philippines. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle3.com/review-history/47143 Received 12 December 2018 Accepted 19 February 2019 Published 16 March 2019 ABSTRACT Tourism is among the major economic sectors in Tanzania, contributing about 17.5% of the gross domestic product (GDP). However, the sector is facing many challenges including climate change leading to the destruction of tourist attractions. This study clearly identifies the impacts of climate change in KINAPA. Furthermore, the study examines the existing climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies in KINAPA. Also the study analyzes the contribution of climate change adaptation on tourism development in KINAPA and last the study examines policy option for tourism development in KINAPA. The study used cross-sectional in design employing interviews, observations and documentary review data collection techniques. The study involved 90 respondents who were randomly selected among the residents of the three villages adjacent to KINAPA. Furthermore, one month and one week used to collect data from three villages adjacent to KINAPA. Results from the study showed that afforestation, eco-tourism, green tourism, provision of Original Research Article