Climate change and summer mass tourism: the case of Spanish domestic tourism

Bujosa, Angel; Nadal, Jaume Rosselló

doi:10.1007/s10584-012-0554-x

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“…For instance, some authors have used the temperature (especially the average temperature), and its square, as proxies to measure the impact of climate on tourism (c.f. Maddison, 2001;Lise & Tol, 2002;Hamilton, 2004;Bigano, Hamilton, & Tol, 2006;Bujosa & Rosselló, 2013). Authors such as Hartmann (1986) or Butler (1994) also find that seasonal differences increase with the distance from the Equator.…”

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Tourism seasonality worldwide

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Turrión‐Prats

2019

Tourism Management Perspectives

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Tourism seasonality is generally seen as a problem for most of the main destinations in the world, particularly from the point of view of sustainability. Despite its importance, no reasonably homogeneous international measurement of seasonality is yet available on the global scale. Using the best UNWTO data, the paper uses the Coefficient of Variation (CV), over the period 2008-2013 and for the main destinations, as a measure of tourism seasonality. In addition to the descriptive results, the paper includes a mixed effects panel data model, which allows us to investigate some reasonable main global determinants of seasonality. The key results obtained may be summarized as follows. Firstly, the world seasonality shows an inverted U pattern, trending upwards until 2011 and subsequently descending. Secondly, in contrast to other regions, the highest (and increasing) seasonality is concentrated in the Mediterranean countries. Lastly, in terms of empirical determinants, geographical location, and the income of the major markets of origin are globally significant variables. We believe that these results, beyond their academic value, may be useful for policy-makers.

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Tourism seasonality worldwide

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Turrión‐Prats

2019

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“…Hamilton et al 2005;Amelung and Viner 2006). Recently, Bujosa and Roselló (2013) analysed the effects of climate change (increase in temperature) on the behaviour of Spanish domestic coastal tourism. They found that although it was not possible to confirm a decrease in tourism on the Spanish…”

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Impacts of sea-level rise-induced erosion on the Catalan coast

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The Catalan coast as most of the developed Mediterranean coastal zone is characterized by the coincidence of stresses and pressures on the natural system with a high exposure and low adaptive capacity. Due to this, Climate Change-induced effects will increase natural hazards and aggravate their associated impacts and, in consequence, it is necessary to assess their effects for proper long-term management. In this work, we assess the impact of sea-level rise (SLR) induced shoreline retreat on the Catalan coast for three scenarios ranging from 0.53 m to 1.75 m by the year 2100. Implications are analyzed in terms of affectation of two main functions provided by beaches, i.e. recreation and protection. Obtained results show that CC will be a serious threat to analyzed functions since the expected enhanced shoreline retreat will severely decrease the recreational carrying capacity and, the capacity of protection in the near future under tested scenarios. The actual level of development along the coastal zone reduces the natural resilient capacity of beaches to SLR in such a way that, the lack of accommodation space can be identified as a main factor for the estimated impacts.

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“…Bujosa and Rossello investigated the impact of two climate change scenarios on the allocation of domestic tourism within Spain. The findings show that while Spain´s northern colder provinces would benefit from rising temperatures, provinces in the south would experience a decrease in the frequency of trips [22]. Hamilton and Tol explored the impact of climate change on regions of Germany, Ireland and the U.K. using an econometric simulation model of domestic tourism in those countries and international tourist flows between 207 countries.…”

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Winter Tourism in Croatia: Is It Possible?

Nižić

Grdić

2018

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Tourism in Croatia primarily relies on the “sun and sea” product as the main asset of its offering. The current lack of adequate infrastructure, an underdeveloped winter tourism offering and the lack of stakeholders’ interest in developing winter tourism products are only some of the problems facing winter tourism development in Croatia. Winter tourism development does not include only snow-related activities but all outdoor activities, where weather and climate play a significant role. This paper analyzes the relationship between average monthly climate indicators in summer and winter periods and the number of overnight stays in Croatia from 1977 to 2014. In the regression analysis, we used a multivariate model with first difference specification and ordinary least square (OLS) estimation, in which past period of the dependent variable was also included. Seasonality was controlled by using quarterly dummy variable. The analyses for coastal and continental Croatia were made separately. Using regression and correlation analyses, we prove that Croatian tourism in the coastal part is strongly related to climate parameters while that influence in the continental part is less significant. The main hypothesis of the paper is that, with the increase in temperature, the tourism season will be prolonged in both the coastal and continental part of the Republic of Croatia. However, other interventions in tourism (such as raising the quality, expanding the offering etc.) can also increase tourism results since climate parameters do not have the same effect on the continental and coastal part of the Republic of Croatia. The impending climate change will cause climate indicators to change, thus unlocking the potential for winter tourism development in areas not related to the sea, but also requiring the development of various forms of special-interest tourism. Winter tourism in Croatia represents a big potential not only because climate change will potentially make winters in Croatia milder but also because, with the right policies, there is a huge potential to develop the undeveloped region of continental Croatia with products that would diversify the Croatian tourism offerings.

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Climate change and summer mass tourism: the case of Spanish domestic tourism

Cited by 44 publications

References 36 publications

Tourism seasonality worldwide

Tourism seasonality worldwide

Impacts of sea-level rise-induced erosion on the Catalan coast

Winter Tourism in Croatia: Is It Possible?

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