Tourist weather preferences in Europe’s Arctic.
Numerous high-latitude locations in northern Scandinavia receive many summer vacationers, even though cool weather conditions there are at odds with some expert-based literature on tourist weather preferences. Surveys in 2 climatically different Arctic archipelagos demonstrate that most tourists per...
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ftuluenebcrispub:oai:pure.leuphana.de:publications/2e326506-001a-417d-9d50-e7ebba220e03 2023-05-15T14:23:37+02:00 Tourist weather preferences in Europe’s Arctic. Jacobsen, Jens K.S. Denstadli, Jon Martin Lohmann, Martin Førland, Eirik J. 2011 http://fox.leuphana.de/portal/de/publications/tourist-weather-preferences-in-europes-arctic(2e326506-001a-417d-9d50-e7ebba220e03).html https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01033 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Jacobsen , J K S , Denstadli , J M , Lohmann , M & Førland , E J 2011 , ' Tourist weather preferences in Europe’s Arctic. ' , Climate Research , vol. 50 , no. 1 , pp. 31–42 . https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01033 /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/549207066 Business psychology Weather preference Weather tolerance Adverse weather Tourism Sightseeing Outdoor recreation Arctic Outdoor relation arctic article 2011 ftuluenebcrispub https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01033 2021-07-30T08:24:23Z Numerous high-latitude locations in northern Scandinavia receive many summer vacationers, even though cool weather conditions there are at odds with some expert-based literature on tourist weather preferences. Surveys in 2 climatically different Arctic archipelagos demonstrate that most tourists perceive the summer weather as better than expected. However, weather preferences and tolerances deviate between high and low Arctic destinations, illuminating diverging and subjective ideas of what constitutes ‘good’, ‘bad’, and ‘acceptable’ weather. The study shows an overall preference for clear sky, in contrast to some earlier research emphasizing temperature as the most important tourism weather variable. Most tourists are indifferent to occasional rain, and a majority accepts frequently changing weather. Main dislikes are frequent rain and low visibility, the latter accentuating visual tourism aspects such as sightseeing. Numerous high-latitude locations in northern Scandinavia receive many summer vacationers, even though cool weather conditions there are at odds with some expert-based literature on tourist weather preferences. Surveys in 2 climatically different Arctic archipelagos demonstrate that most tourists perceive the summer weather as better than expected. However, weather preferences and tolerances deviate between high and low Arctic destinations, illuminating diverging and subjective ideas of what constitutes ‘good’, ‘bad’, and ‘acceptable’ weather. The study shows an overall preference for clear sky, in contrast to some earlier research emphasizing temperature as the most important tourism weather variable. Most tourists are indifferent to occasional rain, and a majority accepts frequently changing weather. Main dislikes are frequent rain and low visibility, the latter accentuating visual tourism aspects such as sightseeing. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Leuphana University of Lüneburg: Forschungsindex FOX Arctic Climate Research 50 1 31 42 |
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Numerous high-latitude locations in northern Scandinavia receive many summer vacationers, even though cool weather conditions there are at odds with some expert-based literature on tourist weather preferences. Surveys in 2 climatically different Arctic archipelagos demonstrate that most tourists perceive the summer weather as better than expected. However, weather preferences and tolerances deviate between high and low Arctic destinations, illuminating diverging and subjective ideas of what constitutes ‘good’, ‘bad’, and ‘acceptable’ weather. The study shows an overall preference for clear sky, in contrast to some earlier research emphasizing temperature as the most important tourism weather variable. Most tourists are indifferent to occasional rain, and a majority accepts frequently changing weather. Main dislikes are frequent rain and low visibility, the latter accentuating visual tourism aspects such as sightseeing. Numerous high-latitude locations in northern Scandinavia receive many summer vacationers, even though cool weather conditions there are at odds with some expert-based literature on tourist weather preferences. Surveys in 2 climatically different Arctic archipelagos demonstrate that most tourists perceive the summer weather as better than expected. However, weather preferences and tolerances deviate between high and low Arctic destinations, illuminating diverging and subjective ideas of what constitutes ‘good’, ‘bad’, and ‘acceptable’ weather. The study shows an overall preference for clear sky, in contrast to some earlier research emphasizing temperature as the most important tourism weather variable. Most tourists are indifferent to occasional rain, and a majority accepts frequently changing weather. Main dislikes are frequent rain and low visibility, the latter accentuating visual tourism aspects such as sightseeing. |
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