Original scientific paper
THE ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON THE ROMANIAN SEASIDE TOURISM
Surugiu Camelia
Surugiu Marius-Razvan
Abstract
Climate change is one of the major concerns facing the world today, estimated to generate both benefits and costs in various economic and social areas, i.e. agriculture, forestry, food industry, tourism, infrastructure, human health, settlements etc. The estimation of the specialists indicates that, generally, the costs of climate change will exceed the benefits. This paper aims to investigate the climate change impact on the Romanian seaside tourism. Using various multiple regression models, the data indicate that the increase of mean air temperature and sunshine duration stimulate domestic tourist flows to Romanian seaside resorts. The economic impact of climate variability on tourism sector was estimated, considering various scenarios of analysis. However, future research is needed in order to extend the analysis, using a larger data base and applying the empirical investigation on other tourism destinations exposed to climate change.
Keywords
Climate Change; Seaside Tourism; Assessment; Economic impact; Multiplier; Tourist flows; Romania
Hrčak ID:
97021
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2012.
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