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An agent-based model to explore scenarios of adaptation to climate change in an alpine tourism destination [PDF]
, 2010 The European Alpine region is one of the most sensitive to climate change impacts. ClimAlpTour is a European research project of the Alpine Space Programme, dealing with the expected decrease in snow and ice cover.
Balbi, Stefano +2 more
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Mountain tourism and motivation: millennial students’ seasonal preferences
Current Issues in Tourism, 2019 This study aimed to identify the motivations that lead a particular sub-group of the millennial generation, namely, university students, to choose mountain areas as tourism destinations both in winter and summer. Through a focus group and a questionnaire
C. Giachino +2 more
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The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.We studied the effects of urban growth on wildlife near Parque Nacional Marino las Baulas, Costa Rica. Since 1991, buildings increased 1007%, mainly in the buffer zone. We identified eight native species extracting garbage from containers, with raccoons (Procyon lotor) comprising most detections (84%), and four other species being potential sea turtle ...
Keilor E. Cordero‐Umaña +6 more
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TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MOUNTAIN REGIONS AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT [PDF]
The paper gives a critical assessment of the theses of UNWTO that tourism is an effective means of developing whole regions especially difficult aeries such as mountain regions.
Todt Horst
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Clarifying the relationship between the supply and demand of recreation service not only enhances our comprehension of how cultural ecosystem services impact human well‐being, but also offers a theoretical foundation and scientific basis for developing regional landscape management strategies.
Xinyu Huang +5 more
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Weather and Climate Information for Tourism [PDF]
, 2010 The tourism sector is one of the largest and fastest growing global industries and is a significant contributor to national and local economies around the world. The interface between climate and tourism is multifaceted and complex, as climate represents
Lemieux, Christopher J., Scott, D.J.
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Bark beetles are small insects that inhabit the bark of trees. When their population increases excessively, they can weaken the trees and cause their death. In México, federal regulations obligate forest landowners to carry out sanitary logging to control bark beetle outbreaks in adherence to official procedures.
Erika Gómez‐Pineda +3 more
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC STATUS. PRESENT AND PERSPECTIVES [PDF]
Climate change, currently affecting the entire planet, is considered by the specialists the result of the increase in anthropogenic GHG concentrations.
Scientific researcher III Ph.D Surugiu Camelia +1 more
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Tourism Policy of Nepal and Sustainable Mountain Tourism Development in Retrospect
The Gaze: Journal of Tourism and Hospitality, 2019 The modern history of tourism in Nepal began with mountain tourism embodying the diversity of nature and culture, diversity, marginality, access difficulty, fragility, niche and aesthetics.
Prakash Upadhyay
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