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| Author: | Valls, J-F. Sarda, R. |
| Title: | Tourism expert perceptions for evaluating climate change impacts on the Euro-Mediterranean tourism industry |
| Journal: | Tourism review = Revue de tourism = Zeitschrift für Tourismus
2009 : VOL. 64:2, p. 41-51 |
| Index terms: | tourist industry tourism Delphi technique surveys Mediterranean countries Europe |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper aims at analysing perceptions among European tourism experts specializing in tourism planning regarding the impact that the climate change may have on tourism management. In total, 70 European experts in tourism planning were surveyed to determine their opinions. Two focus groups of experts were organized in order 1. to fine-tune the questionnaire before implementing the Delphi method, and 2. to check the results afterwards. It is found, among others, that climate change has already begun. Life in the decades to come will be subject to constant uncertainty. There is a clear perception of responsibility, and a reluctance to accept repressive taxation but support for renewable energy incentives etc. Furthermore, tourist enterprises are already threatened by climate change. An efficient integrated management system in companies and tourist destinations will be required to get through its negative effects. |
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