The impact of climate change on tourism in Germany, the UK and Ireland: a simulation study

Jacqueline Hamilton, Richard Tol

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Abstract

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 international arrivalsâ as Western European international tourist demand fallsâ but later increase numbersâ as tourism demand from increasingly rich tropical countries grows. In Ireland and the UK, the regional pattern of demand shifts is similar to the international one: tourism shifts north. In Germany, the opposite pattern is observed as the continental interior warms faster than the coast: tourism shifts south.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)161-172
JournalRegional Environmental Change
Volume7
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007

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