The influence of hurricane risk on tourist destination choice in the Caribbean

Climatic Change

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 745-768

  Forster, Johanna ^a   Schuhmann, Peter W ^b   Lake, Iain R ^c   Watkinson, Andrew R ^c   Gill, Jennifer A ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC HURRICANE; CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; CHOICE MODEL; DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS; DESTINATION CHOICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES; FINANCIAL COMPENSATION; FUTURE CLIMATE; HURRICANE RISK; HURRICANE SEASON; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES; TOURISM INDUSTRY; TOURIST DESTINATIONS;

BEACHES; CLIMATE CHANGE; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS;

HURRICANES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUTURE PROSPECT; HURRICANE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ANGUILLA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84865822577     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0433-5     Document Type: Article

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