The impacts of weather on tourist travel

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 620-639

  Becken, Susanne ^a   Wilson, Jude ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

adaptive capacity; satisfaction; tourist behaviour; travel changes; Weather

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL DEMAND; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84885957277     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2012.762541     Document Type: Article

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