Climate services for tourism: An applied methodology for user engagement and co-creation in European destinations

Barnet, Alba Font; Ciurana, Anna Boqué; Pozo, Jon Xavier Olano; Russo, Antonio Paolo; Coscarelli, Roberto; Antronico, Loredana; Pascale, Francesco De; Saladié, Òscar; Clavé, Salvador Antón; Aguilar, Enric

doi:10.1016/j.cliser.2021.100249

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“…European Commission, 2015) climate services are considered as "(…) the transformation of climaterelated data -together with other relevant information -into customised products (…)". For the tourism sector, the literature provides insights on the needs of users of such services (e.g., Bruno Soares et al, 2018) or on the design/co-creation methodologies (e.g., Font Barnet et al, 2021;Mathews et al, 2020). An overview of climate services market in Austria, including those for tourism, is described by (Damm et al, 2020).…”

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Rating Tourists' Interest in Tourism-Tailored Climate and Environmental Products

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The scientific literature comprises a relatively large palette of studies focusing on tourist preferences regarding the weather and climate at the destination. However, the findings do not allow for establishing a hierarchy of climate and environmental features of interest for tourism based on destination type (urban/rural/mountain/seaside), but mainly to list them. We aim to identify some characteristics of a potential climate service targeting tourists by addressing in particular three aspects: 1. which are the weather, climate and/or environmental features most commonly marked as of interest in the general case of 'any destination type' and for the particular case of rural destinations; 2. which are the delivery and presentation forms of greatest interest; 3. how willing would be the tourists to pay for such a service. To this end, we used a questionnaire with five closed questions regarding these aspects, disseminated in Romania and Italy. The results confirm some expectations based on scientific literature and highlight the user interest in information encompassing several climates and/or environmental aspects, preferably in one single product. The results may be valuable for developing and providing effective tourism-oriented climate and environmental products and contribute to a better user uptake of such products and services.

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Section: Climate Services For Tourismmentioning

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Rating Tourists' Interest in Tourism-Tailored Climate and Environmental Products

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“…Regarding the idea of the TCI, other studies have developed the Holiday Climate Index (HCI) [13,14] and computed it, in a reshaped formulation, for beach and urban destinations with climate data downscaled dynamically [31]. Other studies [8] have proposed the co-creation of specific indices for each specific activity/destination. One such study described indices for beach and snow tourism [32], while others developed indices for skiing [33,34], and still others have focused on surfing [35].…”

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“…Future research may also explore the needs of actual resort managers and/or developers by means of focus groups, adapting Font et al's [8] methodology to better re-design a climate service. The development of this kind of research will promote the maximization of the usage of surfing resources.…”

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“…Climate assessment for recreation and tourism have increasingly become dynamic research topics, especially in the age of the anthropogenic climate crisis [7]. Coastal destinations can offer different tourist activities in the same territory and all of them are influenced by meteo-climatic conditions to a specific degree [8]. We assert that there is a need to explore the climatic viability of different activities.…”

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Exploring the Climatic Potential of Somo’s Surf Spot for Tourist Destination Management

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Surfing is one of the most popular activities in coastal tourism resorts. However, the sport depends strongly on the met-ocean weather conditions, particularly on the surface wind-generated waves that reach the coast. This study provides examples of how users’ needs and user perspectives are considered by climate data specialists to develop needed, highly useful information addressing human and social needs. In this vein, the climate analysis of such data can provide input on the expected length of a surfing season, according to the surfer’s level of expertise. In addition, other water sports, such as SUP Wave and windsurfing, among others, might be indicated when surfing conditions are not optimal. Finally, the safety of surfers and other tourists who venture into the sea is also dependent on those conditions. We collaborated with the surfing community to define a series of indices for quantifying surfing days (SD), surfing days stratified by surfers’ skills (SDS), alternate offers (AOs), and surfers’ and swimmers’ safety (SuS and SwS). These are of general applications but require wind and wave data at a very fine scale as the input. To illustrate the potential of our indices, we applied them to the Somo beach (Cantabria, Spain). We downscaled a global wave hindcast dataset covering a 30-year period to a spatial resolution of 100 m to obtain wave-surfing information at Somo’s surf spot. The results confirmed Somo’s status as a year-round surf spot, with SD values of 229.5 days/year and monthly values between 22 days/month and 16 days/month. SDS showed different seasonal peaks according to the surfers’ skills. Beginners’ conditions occurred more often in the summer (18.1 days/month in July), intermediate surfers’ conditions appeared in the transitional seasons (14.1 days/month in April), and advanced and big-wave riders in the winter (15.1 days/month in January and 0.7 days/month, respectively). The AO index identified the SUP wave values of 216 days/year. Wind water sports presented values of 141.6 days/year; conversely, SUP sports were possible on only 7.4 days/year. SuS and SwS identified different seasonal hazard values, decreasing from the winter, autumn, and spring to minimum values in the summer.

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“…While designing customer collaboration and simultaneous co-creation for professional services, service firms must look for the driving factors that direct the co-creation mechanisms (Barnet et al, 2021). While implementing co-creation, service providers tend to face a set of barriers and facilitators which influence the outcomes (Bonamigo et al, 2020;Kleinsmann et al, 2007).…”

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Co-Creation Framework in Professional Service Context: Toward a Praxis Model

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Khulna Univ. Stud.

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Co-creation in service is essential through facilitating the coordination between customers and service providers. A holistic understanding of value co-creation in professional services can ensure the improvement of service experience. The objective of this paper is to form a praxis model of value co-creation in professional services. The authors performed a Systematic Review of Literature (SRL) by analyzing 113 research documents and articles on co-creation literature within the year range 1996-2021. The study assimilated the key considerations of co-creation in the professional service context. These led to the formation of a conceptual framework. This study identifies the roles of the actors in value co-creation and outlines the procedures for involving the customers. The paper also provides the inhibitors and enablers of co-creation. The study makes contribution to the existing literature by delineating the criteria and factors for co-creation in the professional service context. The praxis model of co-creation developed here could also be beneficial for the practitioners in improving service design.

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Climate services for tourism: An applied methodology for user engagement and co-creation in European destinations

Cited by 21 publications

References 42 publications

Rating Tourists' Interest in Tourism-Tailored Climate and Environmental Products

Rating Tourists' Interest in Tourism-Tailored Climate and Environmental Products

Exploring the Climatic Potential of Somo’s Surf Spot for Tourist Destination Management

Co-Creation Framework in Professional Service Context: Toward a Praxis Model

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