Mediterranean tourism: Exploring the future with the tourism climatic index

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-366

  Amelung, Bas ^a   Viner, David ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climatic index; Mediterranean; Scenario analysis; Seasonality; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SEASONALITY; TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 33746871118     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jost549.0     Document Type: Article

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