![]() The following implications for tourism management can be deduced from this study: The magnitude of climate risks in the second half of the 21 st century can be substantially reduced by rapid, global climate mitigation and adaptation measures.Ĭlimatological boundary conditions in Austria have already changed and more profound, human induced changes are expected in future, further increasing impacts relevant for tourism in all seasons of the year. Climate change effects emerge progressively in observation-based tourism-climate indicators and more sustained impacts are projected for the future. ![]() More frequent severe thunderstorms and related small-scale phenomena such as heavy precipitation, hail, squalls, small-scale floods and mudflow avalanches are to be expected to increase, especially in the worst-case scenario. Sustained warming also reduces the time slots for technical snow production in all elevations. Depending on the elevation, a further decline of 10% to 40% (“Paris target”) and 50% to 90% (“worst-case scenario”), respectively, is projected until the year 2100. Regarding snow, as the basic requirement for winter tourism, the natural snow cover duration and snow depth decreased especially in western and southern Austria. Depending on the scenario, a further increase of less than 2 ☌ (“Paris target”) to 4 ☌ (“worst-case scenario” RCP 8.5) is expected until the year 2100, which means that the number of hot days either will stabilize at the current level (“Paris Target”) or current extreme years will become the new normal at the end of the century (“worst-case scenario”). ![]() Since the end of the 19 th century, air temperature in Austria increased in all elevations by 1.8 ☌ (+20% compared to the global land areas). The holistic approach of the study enabled to establish the physical links between emissions created by touristic activities and resultant climate responses. The paper summarizes changes of the climate conditions in Austria impacting tourism as part of an extended literature review.
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