We downscale the results of a global tourism simulation model at a national resolution to a regional resolution. We use this to investigate the impact of climate change on the regions of Germany, Ireland and the UK. Because of climate change, tourists from all three countries would spend more holidays in the home country. In all three countries, climate change would first reduce the number of i...

The paper forms a rejoinder to the paper by David Weaver (‘Organic, incremental and induced paths to sustainable mass tourism convergence’). It fully agrees with David Weaver that a sustainable development of tourism should focus on sustainable mass tourism development and not, as is currently the case, so much on niche products labelled ‘sustainable’. However, it critiques Weaver’s operational...

Low-carbon economy has become an inevitable choice for the world's development. How to deal with the advent of low-carbon economy has become the tourism industry's concerns. This article explains the meaning of low-carbon economy, the relationship between the tourism and climate change, the reason that carbon emissions increase in the T&T sector, and tourism development approaches in low-carbon...

Weather, climate and tourism are interconnected in many different ways. All of them are of both global and local significance. Weather and/or climate information is of interest for tourists and the tourist industry especially before and during the vacation period. Relevant climate information can be obtained through different media (tourist guide books, Internet, CD, DVD) or through weather ser...

In the consideration of climate change and tourism, it is suggested that more emphasis be placed on risk assessment. The vulnerability of tourism to climate change is discussed briefly and the difficulty of generalising across a multitude of locations and activities is stressed. Limitation and adaptation are discussed and the need for both is acknowledged. Case studies of skiing and marinas and...

In this study, we performed a diagnostic and evolutive analysis of the bioclimatology Canary Islands, an Atlantic archipelago where climate itself is main feature promoting tourism. Among all tourist-climate indices described in literature, evaluated most widely used, which Tourism Climate Index (TCI) proposed by Mieczkowski (1985). Monthly mean TCI time series were calculated using meteorologi...

This study investigates the ethical climate types presented in the Korean tourism industry, the differences in the perceptions of ethical these climate types based on individual/organizational characteristics, and the influence of ethical climate types based on job satisfaction/ organizational commitment. Empirical findings of this study identify six ethical climate types and demonstrate signif...

Tourism can play a decisive role in addressing climate change, as it is one of the world’s largest economic sectors. Chumbe Island Coral Park in Zanzibar, Tanzania, is a leading example of a small eco-tourism enterprise with not-for-profit objectives that is managing and conserving the unique marine and terrestrial ecosystems of Chumbe Island, and both directly and indirectly responding to the ...