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Behringer, Jeannette; Buerki, Rolf; Fuhrer, Jürg

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“…Two studies in the island of Madeira, Portugal, yielded similar results: Luna et al [47] and Machado [48] reported that an intense rainfall event caused a 20% decline in room occupancy rates, a 12.5% loss in revenue, and a 7% decline in employment. Similar reactions have also been reported in the context of other events/weather-related situations, such as heat waves ( [49,50]), storms [44], or snow conditions [40,51,52].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

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“It Was Raining All the Time!”: Ex Post Tourist Weather Perceptions

2016

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Abstract:The importance of weather for tourism is now widely recognized. However, no research has so far addressed weather events from retrospective viewpoints, and, in particular, the role of "extreme" events in longer-term holiday memories. To better understand the character of ex post weather experiences and their importance in destination image perceptions and future travel planning behavior, this exploratory study addressed a sample of 50 tourists from three globally important source markets: Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Results indicate that weather events do not dominate long-term memories of tourist experiences. Yet, weather events are important in shaping destination image, with "rain" being the single most important weather variable negatively influencing perceptions. Results also suggest that weather events perceived as extreme can involve considerable emotions. The study of ex post traveler memories consequently makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of the complexity of "extreme weather" events for tourist demand responses.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 72%

“It Was Raining All the Time!”: Ex Post Tourist Weather Perceptions

2016

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“…This approach was frequently used for assessing potential impacts of snow deficient winter seasons on tourism (e.g., [23][24][25]), more recently focusing on spatial redistributions of demand [26,27]. Applications for the summer season exist for mountain tourism [28], investigating whether climate change would have beneficial impacts, and beach tourism [29] looking at stated behavior to media reports about heat waves in the Mediterranean.…”

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confidence: 99%

Rain, Rain, Go Away, Come Again Another Day. Weather Preferences of Summer Tourists in Mountain Environments

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2016

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Abstract:Weather and climate are important factors for travel decision-making and overall tourist satisfaction. As central motivators for destination choice, they directly and indirectly influence demand patterns and can be a resource and limitation for tourism at the same time. In this paper, results of an in-situ survey of mountain summer tourists (n = 733) in the Alps in Southern Germany are presented. Respondents rated 'rain' as the most important aspect of weather during their holiday. During a 7-day holiday, 2.1 days of continuous rain are accepted, and 3.1 days of days with thunderstorms. The ideal temperature range is between 21 and 25˝C, thus lying 4-7 degrees lower than for beach tourism. Temperatures below 15˝C and above 30˝C are perceived as unacceptable. Statistically significant differences were found for several tourist types: Older tourists are more sensitive to heat, tourists with sports activities are more tolerant to cool temperatures, first-time visitors are more sensitive to rain and families with children prefer higher temperatures. From the results, some implications for mountain destinations arise: mountain destinations could be promoted as a heat refuge, and attracting sports tourists might be a promising way to reduce weather sensitivity; however, some variety of well-promoted weather independent attractions seems to be mandatory.

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“…On the one hand, mountain regions are among the most vulnerable regions worldwide and agriculture is heavily exposed to climatic conditions and climatic change due to its mode of production (Behringer et al 2000). Climate variations affect crop yields and lead to changes in food prices (Rosenzweig and Perry 1994), so that several adaptation options could be identified, such as irrigation or changing cropping practices, patterns, and planting dates (IPCC 2014).…”

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“…Studies about mountain regions in ‘developed’ countries are the exception and often focus on tourism (e.g. Behringer et al 2000; Hoffmann et al 2009; Scott et al 2007). CCA is also important to sustain sensitive mountain ecosystems in ‘developed countries’ and their multifunctional services going far beyond food production, such as water provision, biodiversity, landscape amenities, recreation or identity (Schermer and Kirchengast 2006).…”

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The full spectrum of climate change adaptation: testing an analytical framework in Tyrolean mountain agriculture (Austria)

2016

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Our scientific view on climate change adaptation (CCA) is unsatisfying in many ways: It is often dominated by a modernistic perspective of planned pro-active adaptation, with a selective focus on measures directly responding to climate change impacts and thus it is far from real-life conditions of those who are actually affected by climate change. Farmers have to simultaneously adapt to multiple changes. Therefore, also empirical climate change adaptation research needs a more integrative perspective on real-life climate change adaptations. This also has to consider “hidden” adaptations, which are not explicitly and directly motivated by CCA but actually contribute to the sector’s adaptability to climate change. The aim of the present study is to develop and test an analytic framework that contributes to a broader understanding of CCA and to bridge the gap between scientific expertise and practical action. The framework distinguishes three types of CCA according to their climate related motivations: explicit adaptations, multi-purpose adaptations, and hidden adaptations. Although agriculture is among the sectors that are most affected by climate change, results from the case study of Tyrolean mountain agriculture show that climate change is ranked behind other more pressing “real-life-challenges” such as changing agricultural policies or market conditions. We identified numerous hidden adaptations which make a valuable contribution when dealing with climate change impacts. We conclude that these hidden adaptations have not only to be considered to get an integrative und more realistic view on CCA; they also provide a great opportunity for linking adaptation strategies to farmers’ realities.

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Cited by 100 publications

References 14 publications

“It Was Raining All the Time!”: Ex Post Tourist Weather Perceptions

“It Was Raining All the Time!”: Ex Post Tourist Weather Perceptions

Rain, Rain, Go Away, Come Again Another Day. Weather Preferences of Summer Tourists in Mountain Environments

The full spectrum of climate change adaptation: testing an analytical framework in Tyrolean mountain agriculture (Austria)

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