Weather perception and its impact on out-of-home leisure activity participation decisions

Liu, Chengxi; Susilo, Yusak O.; Termida, Nursitihazlin Ahmad

doi:10.1080/21680566.2020.1733703

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“…In combination with historical weather measurement data for the survey dates, it is a very powerful dataset. In the few existing studies (Liu et al 2016;Termida et al 2016), only the information on subjective weather perception on a given day was collected.…”

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confidence: 99%

Intra-destination travel behavior of alpine tourists: a literature review on choice determinants and the survey work

2022

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In the face of a continuous increase in the number of tourists in the Alps, the associated traffic volumes, and the resulting negative externalities, there is an urgent need to design policies capable of managing tourist traffic efficiently and to invest in transport systems and infrastructure wisely, given the limited financial, spatial and environmental resources. Unfortunately, while there is a considerable research interest in long-distance travel and arrival/departure patterns of tourists, research on tourist mobility during the stay at the destination is almost non-existent. This prevents policy-makers from making informed decisions backed by scientific evidence. The paper presents a data collection study that contributes to filing this gap. This ‘data paper’ reports on the motivation, design and administration of a bespoke travel-activity survey of tourists at vacation destinations. It informs other researchers about the encountered difficulties and helps them optimize data collection effort in their future studies. Besides the contribution to survey methodology, the paper reports on a rare and policy-relevant dataset, provides descriptive results, and thereby contributes to evidence-based design of transport policies in tourist regions. With this paper, we also want to inspire and invite researchers to conduct further quantitative and modeling work in this under-studied field.

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Section: Activity Diarymentioning

confidence: 99%

Intra-destination travel behavior of alpine tourists: a literature review on choice determinants and the survey work

2022

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“…Another demographic factor that is speculated to be of (Liu et al, 2020). In the same study, stronger weather perceptions were shown to correlate well with more/less outdoor leisure-related travel (not cycling, specifically).…”

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“…Limited evidence seems to suggest that "normal" weather corresponds to travel behaviours that individuals are already habituated to performing. Perceptions that weather is normal, or close to the historical mean for a given time (month) and geographic location, were shown to correspond to feelings of indifference in individuals in Stockholm (Liu et al, 2020). Such feelings were also shown to not significantly affect outdoor leisure travel behaviour; that is, people continued doing what they normally did -regardless of what it was -when they felt that the weather was normal for the time/place.…”

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Relationships Between Weather and Cycling

Kane,

Kythreotis

2024

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As cycling gains more traction and attention as a beneficial mode of urban transportation, different factors have emerged in different regions of the world to influence its adoption and promotion. One of the most wide-spread and colloquial of these factors is that of the weather or climate of the region, and how it may facilitate or, more often, dissuade cycling practices. Although it may appear intuitive that “poor” weather shall negatively impact the amount of cycling that occurs in a region, the reliability of this intuition is challenged by example locations where cycling in “poor” winter conditions is the norm rather than the exception, or where cyclists are relatively indifferent towards rainy weather. As such, the aim of this literature review is to identify the real effects of weather on cycling behaviour in different locations and uncover relationships between secondary covariates and responses to weather. Rainfall, temperature, and wind are identified as the three most important measurable weather parameters that affect cycling behaviour. In most locations, cycling rates drop significantly when it starts to rain, temperature thresholds vary between locations, and the effect of wind is only significant when above 5 Beaufort. Several studies also reveal factors that interact with measurable weather parameters to influence behaviour in significant and seemingly complex ways. These include the trip purpose, traveller sociodemographic, the characteristics of the built environment, and perceptions of normality. The identification of these covariates and a discussion about interrelations amongst them contributes to an explanation of why weather seems to affect cyclists in some places more than in others, while also highlighting directions for future research.

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“…A modest amount of research also examines perceptions of temperature and cooling strategies from a more physiological perspective [12,13]. Especially, good and bad weather were associated with leisure time physical activity in a study in Stockholm, Sweden based on travel diaries [14] and travel surveys are beginning to explore weather as an influence on mode choice [15]. In the United States, there have been no prior analyses of national estimates related to perceptions of weather as a barrier to walking and how this differs by demographic and geographic characteristics.…”

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Associations between Perceptions and Measures of Weather and Walking, United States—2015

Carlson

Whitfield

Davis

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Introduction: Weather can be a barrier to walking. Understanding how perceptions of weather as a barrier and measured temperature are associated with walking can inform monitoring and promotion strategies. The objective of this study is to examine the association between perceptions of weather as a barrier to walking and measured weather with the volume of leisure and transportation walking. Methods: The 2015 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) assessed participation in and volume of walking (transportation, leisure) in the past week and frequency of reporting weather as a barrier to walking. Data were collected over the entire year. In 2019, we merged month-specific temperature data from the PRISM climate group with individual NHIS records. We examined associations using logistic (participation) and linear regression models (volume). Results: Participation in walking increased as frequency of reporting weather as a barrier to walking decreased, from ‘almost always’ (transportation: 23%, leisure: 42%) to ‘a little of the time’ (transportation: 40%, leisure: 67%). Among adults reporting walking, walking volume increased as frequency of reporting weather as a barrier decreased from ‘almost always’ (transportation: 51 min/week, leisure: 64 min/week) to ‘never’ (transportation: 69 min/week, leisure: 98 min/week). Month-specific temperature was significantly associated with leisure walking with lower participation at the lowest and highest temperature quintiles, although the strength of the association differed by frequency of reporting weather as a barrier. Conclusions: In general, prevalence and volume of leisure and transportation walking decreased as the perception of weather as a barrier increased. Low and high temperature conditions were also associated with leisure walking participation, particularly among adults with increased perceptions of weather as a barrier. Our findings highlight the importance of including strategies to help adults overcome perceived and actual weather-related barriers in walking promotion efforts.

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Weather perception and its impact on out-of-home leisure activity participation decisions

Cited by 6 publications

References 39 publications

Intra-destination travel behavior of alpine tourists: a literature review on choice determinants and the survey work

Intra-destination travel behavior of alpine tourists: a literature review on choice determinants and the survey work

Relationships Between Weather and Cycling

Associations between Perceptions and Measures of Weather and Walking, United States—2015

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