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Impact of climate on tourist demand

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posted on 2023-06-08, 11:09 authored by Wietze Lise, Richard TolRichard Tol
Tourism, being volatile and situation-specific, is responsive to climate change. A cross-section analysis is conducted on destinations of OECD tourists and a factor and regression analysis on holiday activities of Dutch tourists, to find optimal temperatures at travel destination for different tourists and different tourist activities. Globally, OECD tourists prefer a temperature of 21°C (average of the hottest month of the year) at their choice of holiday destination. This indicates that, under a scenario of gradual warming, tourists would spend their holidays in different places than they currently do. The factor and regression analysis suggests that preferences for climates at tourist destinations differ among age and income groups.

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  • Published

Journal

Climatic Change

ISSN

0165-0009

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Issue

4

Volume

55

Page range

429-449

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  • Economics Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-04-19

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