The christmas-easter shift: Simulating alpine ski resorts' future development under climate change conditions using the parameter 'optimal ski day'

Tourism Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 323-336

  Berghammer, Anja ^a   Schumde, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate impact research; Regional economic effects; Season length; Winter sports tourism

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SPORT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WINTER;

EID: 84897137120     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2013.0272     Document Type: Article

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