Impacts of climate change on domestic tourism in the UK: a panel data estimation

• Tim Taylor ^[1] ; Ortiz Arigoni ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Bath

     University of Bath

     Reino Unido

     
  2. [2] BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change

     BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change

     Leioa, España

     
• Localización: Tourism economics: the business and finance of tourism and recreation, ISSN 1354-8166, Vol. 15, Nº. 4, 2009, págs. 803-812
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Climate change is likely to have a significant impact on a number of key economic sectors, including tourism. The authors employ panel data techniques on regional tourist and climatic data in the UK to estimate the influence of temperature, precipitation and sunny conditions on domestic tourism. Significant impacts are found, including lagged relationships. The model is then used to estimate the impact of the hot weather of summer 2003 on domestic tourism in the UK, finding a positive impact on revenues ranging between £14.79 million and £30.32 million.