Stakeholder perspectives on climate change effects on tourism activities in the northern Romanian Carpathians: Vatra Dornei resort case study

Dincăa, A. I.; Surugiu, Camelia; Surugiu, Marius-Răzvan; Frent, Cristi

doi:10.5719/hgeo.2014.81.27

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“…Although the term climate change is still a novel concept for many respondents in this study, and was generally related to current climate variability and environmental changes in the region, the findings from this study suggested that there was a strong awareness and acceptance of the reality of climate change among local destination stakeholders. This finding was consistent with the conclusions from the wider literature on public perceptions of climate change (Becken et al, 2014;Dunlap, 1998;Leiserowitz, 2005;Lorenzoni & Pidgeon, 2006), as well as the literature on tourism and climate change that assessed the perspectives of tourism destination stakeholders in developed countries on climate change (Jenkins & Nicholls, 2010;Ruhanen & Shakeela, 2012;Saarinen & Tervo, 2006;Tervo-Kankare, 2011;Trawöger, 2014), and developing ones (Anup, Parajuli, & Bahadur, 2014;Belle & Bramwell, 2005;Dincǎ et al, 2014).…”

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“…Climate change has also affected a number of winter tourism sites in developing countries such as China, Nepal and Tibet due to decreased snow cover and increased landslides associated with prolonged and intense rainfall (Fort, 2014;Ren, 1996;Yan et al, 2014). However, Scott et al (2007) noted that the impacts of a changing climate on the ski industry are felt unevenly in the skiing sector as some resorts cease to operate and demand is shifted to those that are more climate-resilient (Dincǎ, Surugiu, Surugiu, & Frenţ, 2014).…”

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The influence of learning on a tourism destination community’s responses to the impacts of climate change

Pham¹

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Climate change presents significant challenges for the sustainability of the tourism sector. Tourism destinations in developing countries have been identified as the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; however, little is known about the situation of climate change and the tourism sector in the developing world, despite the relative importance of tourism to the local economies. Building adaptive capacity is important to increase the capability of the local destination community stakeholders to manage the impacts of climate change on their business and on the broader destination. Considerable adaptation research has been conducted; however, adaptation discourses in the tourism sector are still predominantly focused on responding to the predicted impacts of future climate change rather than addressing the underlying factors that affect the vulnerability and adaptive capacity of tourism destinations and local community stakeholders. Recent research in social ecological systems has indicated that learning is an essential aspect of building adaptive capacity. In this context, social learning is emerging as an adaptation approach that addresses issues hindering adaptation, such as a lack of knowledge and awareness, and encourages a proactive response by human systems to climate change. Underpinned by the theories of climate change adaptation and social learning, this research seeks to understand the influence of learning on a destination community's responses to the impacts of climate change. The aim of this research was supported by four interrelated research objectives: 1) to examine community knowledge of climate change, 2) to identify the sources of information utilised by the community to construct climate change knowledge and the spaces used for knowledge sharing and learning, 3) to assess how local destination community stakeholders have applied their existing knowledge to adapt to climate change, and 4) to identify and assess the factors influencing the capacity of local destination stakeholders to learn to adapt to climate change. This research employed a qualitative, constructivist methodology to investigate the research issue in the context of the city of Hoi An, a well-known tourism destination in Vietnam. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 54 participants who represented a broad range of local destination community stakeholders (i.e., local government authorities, tourism businesses, residents, community-based organisations) and expert stakeholders who have knowledge about the scope of this research. The thesis reveals the following key findings. The overall conclusion is that the responses of Hoi An community stakeholders to the impacts of climate change are strongly determined by their perceptions of the importance of climate change to their businesses and to the broader destination; their ability to v Publications during candidature Conference abstracts and papers Pham, T. D. A. (2018). Knowledge management and climate change adaptation in tourism

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“…Climate change is having significant impacts on many facets of everyday life, and the commercial recreation and tourism fields are often at the forefront of these impacts as consumers are faced with making difficult decisions with discretionary income (Ana Irina, Camelia, Marius, Cristi, 2014). Understanding how these impacts are changing the way people engage in recreation and tourism activities is essential to maintaining successful businesses and providing satisfying opportunities for consumers.…”

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Effects of Climate Change on Tourism in the Mid-Atlantic

Carroll¹,

Brennan²,

Huff³

et al. 2020

Journal of Tourism Insights

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The effects of climate change are being felt worldwide and tourism and recreation providers are often among the first to feel the physical and economic effects. Climate change has direct impacts to environmental patterns on a global scale, which affects physical conditions of tourism sites and attractions. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of climate change on a small sample of tourism and recreation providers in the mid-Atlantic. Results indicate that climate change is a very important issue in the field, having lasting effects, changing visitor use patterns, and leading to physical impacts to tourism sites such as flooding, wildfires, and severe storms. Recreation and tourism providers could use adaptation techniques to deal with climate change. Three techniques suggested in this paper include utilizing should er season visitation, diversification of offerings, and recovery-specific travel opportunities. Although there are no easy answers to the challenges posed for tourism by climate change, there seems to be hope for those professionals that embrace the opportunities to adapt.

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“…Understanding local climate conditions is also important in various phases of tourism development: planning the hotel location, an organization of events, development of infrastructure, but also for maintaining the sustainable number of tourist in various part of the year. Many papers indicate that climatic characteristics of destinations, but also climate change can have a major influence on tourist flows (Gössling, et al, 2006;Hein, et al, 2009;Giannakopoulos, et al, 2011;Dinca, et al, 2014;León, Araña, 2016). Accord-ing to IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2013) and its AR5 (Fifth Assessment Report), global surface temperature change for the end of the 21st century is likely to exceed 1.5°C for all scenarios.…”

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“…Also, Dinca et al (2014) studied the stakeholder perspective on the effects of climate change for tourism activities in Vatra Dornei complex (spa and mountain resort in the northern part of Romanian Carpathians). In this paper, the authors also emphasize that this destination depends on to a great extent on climate resources which show a clear variability of main parameters on which its outdoor activities are based.…”

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Influence of selected climate parameters on tourist traffic of Kopaonik and Zlatibor mountains (Republic of Serbia)

Stojsavljević¹,

Kovačić²,

Kovačević³

et al. 2016

Geogr Pannon

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Tourism on Kopaonik and Zlatibor mountains had started to develop decades ago, but at the beginning of the 21st century, mountain tourism started to develop rapidly and the number of tourists in the mountain regions of Serbia has significantly increased. Constant improvements of tourism offer and numerous tourist activities on the Kopaonik and Zlatibor mountains influenced an upward trend of a number of tourists. The principal aim of this paper is to investigate whether the particular relevant climate parameters, such as mean monthly temperature and a number of snowy days, can affect the increase or decrease of the number of tourists and overnight stays in the analyzed two mountains. For this purpose, the regression analysis was used. The results indicate that there is a significant impact of selected climate parameters on tourist traffic in the Kopaonik and Zlatibor mountains.

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Stakeholder perspectives on climate change effects on tourism activities in the northern Romanian Carpathians: Vatra Dornei resort case study

Cited by 13 publications

References 42 publications

The influence of learning on a tourism destination community’s responses to the impacts of climate change

The influence of learning on a tourism destination community’s responses to the impacts of climate change

Effects of Climate Change on Tourism in the Mid-Atlantic

Influence of selected climate parameters on tourist traffic of Kopaonik and Zlatibor mountains (Republic of Serbia)

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