Tourism seasonality worldwide

Duro, Juan Antonio; Turrión‐Prats, Judith

doi:10.1016/j.tmp.2019.03.010

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“…It is vital to know how visitors perceive the characteristics of a destination in order to determine its competitive position [1,3,75]. The first implication of the study is thatthe problem of overcrowding at the most popular tourist destinations in Iceland is already a great concern for visitors, both in the summer and winter.…”

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“…Seasonality, with respect to fluctuations in visitor arrivals, is one of the major characteristics of tourism and is widely regarded as one of its major problems [1][2][3]. Seasonality in tourism usually involves a higher number of visitors at a destination for a specific period of a year [4,5], with fewer visitors at other times.…”

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“…Natural elements, such as season changes in climate and daylight have a great influence on tourism. Institutional elements, such as official public holidays and religious and/or cultural holidays, are also very influential, along with legal requirements for holidays under employment law, and affect the holiday travel decisions of leisure tourists [1,3,16,17].Houghton et al[18] identified three major peak patterns for destinations, those being single peak, double peak, and non-peak destinations. Double peak destinations experience two periods of higher demand than other times of the year.…”

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Senses by Seasons: Tourists’ Perceptions Depending on Seasonality in Popular Nature Destinations in Iceland

2019

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Seasonality in visitor arrivals is one of the greatest challenges faced by tourist destinations. Seasonality is a major issue for sustainable tourism as it affects the optimal use of investment and infrastructure, puts pressure on resources and can create negative experience of crowding at destinations. Peripheral areas commonly experience more pronounced fluctuations in visitor arrivals. Iceland is one of those destinations. Although the number of tourists visiting the country has multiplied in recent years, seasonality is still a major challenge, especially in the more rural peripheral areas of the country. Iceland’s high season for tourism occurs during its brief summer (June to August), but in recent years more people visit the country on shorter winter trips, creating new management challenges. This research is based on an on-site questionnaire survey conducted in seven popular nature destinations in Iceland which compares the experience of summer and winter visitors. The results show that winter visitors are more satisfied with the natural environment while their satisfaction with facilities and service is in many cases lower. The areas are generally perceived as being more beautiful and quieter in winter than in summer. However, most destinations are considered less accessible and less safe in the winter. Tourists are much less likely to experience physical crowding during winter, although winter visitors are more sensitive to crowds, most likely because of expectations of fewer tourists. Finally, this research shows that tourists are less likely to encounter negative effects of tourism on the environment in the winter, (e.g., erosion or damage to rocks and vegetation), than in summer. The results highlight the importance of understanding visitor perceptions in a seasonal and temporal context.

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Senses by Seasons: Tourists’ Perceptions Depending on Seasonality in Popular Nature Destinations in Iceland

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“…Bar-On stated that Seasonality is shaped by two basic groups of factors: Natural and Institutional. This dichotomy is reiterated and touched upon by numerous other authors e.g., Allcock, Butler, Hartmann, Baum and Hagen, Higham and Hitnch, Hadwen et al [22][23][24][25][26][27], More recent authors Duro and Turrion-Prats [28] also give credit to Butler's explanation [29], following on Bar-On and Hartmann, how Natural seasonality regards regular variations in natural phenomena, particularly those brought by cyclical climatic changes throughout the year e.g., temperature, precipitation, wind, daylight and animal migrations, while Institutional seasonality regards largely societal practices and factors, such as the timing of major official public holiday periods as well as religious and/or cultural holidays.…”

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Chinese Tourists as a Sustainable Boost to Low Seasons in Ex-Yugoslavia Destinations

Agacevic

2020

Sustainability

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Seasonality is a major issue for sustainable tourism as it governs the optimal use of investment, infrastructure and human capital. Given the increasing numerical and financial significance of Chinese outbound tourism, the ex-Yugoslavia (ex-Yu) countries, partaking in the Belt and Road Initiative, are presented with a potential boost to their Tourism and Travel Industry (T&T) by attracting Chinese travelers during the low season. In an attempt to provide an answer to the RQ and justify grounds for future research and efforts towards developing content and services for Chinese travelers, to be undertaken mostly by Tourism Boards and DMOs in ex-Yugoslavia, this paper explores several aspects: The importance of the T&T in the 6 ex-Yu countries, with focus on the Economic indicators; within the Triple Bottom Line’s (TBL) theme of Seasonality, the existence of meaningful overlaps or mismatches between trends in inbound tourism across ex-Yugoslavia countries and trends in China’s outbound tourism; if meaningful mismatches exist, especially in ex-Yu low seasons, could Chinese tourists be an asset? Although the focus is on the Economic dimension of the TBL through its theme of Seasonality, the other two dimensions, Social and Environmental, are also considered; potential effects and interactions of the Viable, Equitable and Bearable sub-dimensions are also discussed. The final findings present a very significant mismatch, with extreme gaps in trends between the ex-Yu countries’ inbound tourism in low seasons and the corresponding Chinese outbound tourism, the latter presenting very strong shoulders, almost matching the values of high, or even peak, season. In a scenario projecting a range of 0.04–0.38% of Chinese outbound tourists visiting ex-Yu countries, benchmarked vs. January 2018 values, indicates the statistical significance of the potential boost to the low season, with important growth rates for all countries except Croatia and Slovenia for the 0.04% case.

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“…The used thermal water is continuously and directly discharged into natural waters without any further treatment; this means that the PhACs that it may contain are also discharged into natural waters (Farsang et al 2015;Kim 1999). In countries in temperate and cold zones, where most thermal spas can be found, spa use is more seasonal than swimming pool use, and this impacts the potential contamination of the outflowing water (CP 2015, Ferrante et al 2018, Duro and Turrión-Prats 2019. Tourist influx in the summer causes the number of visitors to increase, and can also profoundly impact contamination levels.…”

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Thermal baths as sources of pharmaceutical and illicit drug contamination

Jakab

Szalai

Michalkó

et al. 2019

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Despite the fact that there are tens of thousands of thermal baths in existence, knowledge about the occurrence of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in untreated thermal wastewater is very limited. Because used thermal water is typically legally discharged into surface waters without any treatment, the effluent poses environmental risks for the receiving water bodies. The aim of this study was to show the occurrence patterns and spatiotemporal characteristics of 111 PhACs in thermal wastewater. Six thermal water outflows of different thermal baths were tested in different seasons in the Budapest metropolitan region (Hungary), and diurnal analysis was performed. After solid-phase extraction, the samples were analysed and quantified by coupling supercritical fluid chromatography and mass spectrometry to perform simultaneous multi-residue drug analysis. The results confirm that water discharge pipes directly transport pharmaceuticals into surface water bodies; 34 PhACs were measured to be over the limit of quantification at least once, and 21 of them were found in more than one water sample. The local anaesthetic drug lidocaine, antiepileptic carbamazepine, analgesic derivative tramadol and illicit drug cocaine were detected in more than half of the samples. Caffeine, metoprolol and bisoprolol (cardiovascular drugs), benzoylecgonine (cocaine metabolite), diclofenac (NSAID), citalopram (antidepressant) and certain types of hormones also have a significant frequency of 30-50%. However, the occurrence and concentrations of PhACs vary according to the season and number/types of visitors. As demonstrated by the diurnal fluctuation, drug contamination of thermal waters can significantly vary, even for similar types of baths; furthermore, the quantity and types of some pollutants rapidly change in the discharged thermal wastewater.

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Tourism seasonality worldwide

Cited by 71 publications

References 76 publications

Senses by Seasons: Tourists’ Perceptions Depending on Seasonality in Popular Nature Destinations in Iceland

Senses by Seasons: Tourists’ Perceptions Depending on Seasonality in Popular Nature Destinations in Iceland

Chinese Tourists as a Sustainable Boost to Low Seasons in Ex-Yugoslavia Destinations

Thermal baths as sources of pharmaceutical and illicit drug contamination

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