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Climate and the destination choice of German tourists

Hamilton, Jacqueline M. - 2004

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Climate and the destination choice of German tourists

Hamilton, Jacqueline M. - 2004

. Climate change can be expected to have an effect on this attractiveness and will subsequently alter patterns of demand. An … study. Data on the climate, beach length and indicators of cultural, natural resource and economic attractiveness of the … destination countries are used in the regression analysis. Optimal climate values were calculated and a climate index was used to …

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Agent-Based Models for Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Zones. A Review

Di Noia, Jlenia - 2022

Worldwide, with different frequencies and magnitudes, coastlines are increasingly being affected by climate change … in these areas, requiring prompt and effective adaptation to climate induced events –from gradual sea level rise to …-assessment agentbased models on climate change adaptation in coastal zones, thus, is here provided to investigate the current state of the …

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Benchmarking in Tourism Destination, Keeping in Mind the Sustainable Paradigm

Bosetti, Valentina; Cassinelli, Mariaester; Lanza, … - 2006

Tourism destination benchmarking and the assessment of tourism management performances are a crucial and challenging task in the direction of evaluating tourism sustainability and reshaping tourism activities. However, assessing tourism management efficiency per se may not provide enough...

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The Determinants of Individuals Attitudes Towards Preventing Environmental Damage

Torgler, Benno; Garcia-Valiñas, Maria A. - 2005

This paper investigates empirically the determinants of individuals' attitudes towards preventing environmental damage in Spain using data from the World Values Survey and European Values Survey for the periods 1990, 1995 and 1999/2000. Compared to many previous studies, we present a richer set...

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Social Carrying Capacity of Mass Tourist Sites: Theoretical and Practical Issues about its Measurement

Marzetti, Silvia; Mosetti, R. - 2005

Congestion is an important management problem at mass tourist sites. This essay focuses on the social carrying capacity (SCC) of a tourist site as indicator of residents' and visitors' perception of crowding, intended as the maximum number of visitors (MNV) tolerated. In case of conflict between...

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The Impact of Speed Limits on Recreational Boating in the Lagoon of Venice

Zanatta, Valentina; Rosato, Paolo - 2005

Speed limits were introduced in the Lagoon of Venice in 2002 to reduce wave motion, which damages environmentally sensitive areas in the broader Lagoon as well as buildings in the city of Venice. In this paper, we estimate the welfare losses experienced by recreational boaters as a result of the...

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Tourism Immiserization: Fact or Fiction?

Gooroochurn, Nishaal; Blake, Adam - 2005

Tourism plays a major part in the development strategies of both developing and developed countries because of the alleged potential of generating foreign exchange, economic growth and welfare enhancement (Sinclair and Stabler, 1997; Sinclair, 1988). Consequently, in several countries a considerable...

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Combining Actual and Contingent Behavior to Estimate the Value of Sports Fishing in the Lagoon of Venice

Alberini, Anna; Zanatta, Valentina; Rosato, Paolo - 2005

This paper reports the results of a Travel Cost Method (TCM) study about the recreational use of the Lagoon of Venice for sports fishing. In April-July 2002, we conducted a mail survey of anglers with valid licenses fishing on the Lagoon of Venice to gather data on their fishing trips, behaviors...

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Environmental Quality and Long Run Tourism Development a Cyclical Perspective for Small Island Tourist Economies

Maupertuis, Marie-Antoinette; Giannoni, Sauveur - 2005

As tourism is becoming one of the most important sectors of the world economy, the number of small islands trying to develop a competitive tourist activity is increasing and this strategy appears as growth enhancing. In most cases, it is built on the environmental quality of the destination but...

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