Preferred climates for tourism: case studies from Canada, New Zealand and Sweden

Climate Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-73

  Scott, Daniel ^a   Gössling, Stefan ^b   De Freitas, C R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate; Tourism; Tourism climate index; Weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE INDEX; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC PARAMETERS; DESTINATION CHOICE; NEW ZEALAND; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SURVEY INSTRUMENTS; TOURISM; TOURISM CLIMATE INDEX; TOURIST PERCEPTION; TRAVEL DECISIONS; TRAVEL PATTERNS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; WEATHER;

DECISION MAKING; LANDFORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DECISION MAKING; PERCEPTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; TOURISM;

AUSTRALASIA; CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 67549129167     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00774     Document Type: Article

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