Cool weather tourism under global warming: Comparing Arctic summer tourists' weather preferences with regional climate statistics and projections

Tourism Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 567-579

  Førland, Eirik J ^a   Steen Jacobsen, Jens Kr ^b   Denstadli, Jon Martin ^b   Lohmann, Martin ^c,d   Hanssen Bauer, Inger ^a,e   Hygen, Hans Olav ^a   Tømmervik, Hans ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate projection; Outdoor recreation; Sightseeing; Tourism; Weather acceptance; Weather aversion; Weather preference; Weather statistics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GLOBAL WARMING; OUTDOOR RECREATION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 85027936207     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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