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Weather, climate and tourism: a New Zealand perspective
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Environment, Society and Design., 2010-05)
This report is part of a larger project “Preparing the tourism sector for climate change”, which seeks
to identify which parts of the tourism sector are most vulnerable to climate variability and change,
and what adaptation ...
Preparing the tourism sector for climate change
(Lincoln University. LEaP, 2010-04)
The objectives of this workshop were threefold:
To inform national level stakeholders and experts about the research project and results to date; To obtain input and feedback from participants about tourism’s vulnerability ...
An evaluation of the visitor action plan – Northland 2014
(Lincoln University, 2014-11-01)
Globally and nationally there is increasing interest in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and how it relates to tourists and their management. A variety of response frameworks have been developed (see for example Tourism ...
Report on the first consultation of tourism stakeholders in the Far North
(Lincoln University. LEaP, 2010-07)
The weather is very important to tourism: it allows tourists to participate in a wide range of activities, influences satisfaction and affects a business’ bottom line. Climate change will change how weather impacts on ...
Distance models for New Zealand international tourists and the role of transport prices
(Sage Publications, 2011-05-01)
We analyse data on the distances travelled using car and air transport modes in New Zealand by a large sample of international tourists from six different countries of origin.
We use two-stage hurdle models to relate both ...
The impact of climate variability on tourism businesses and tourism infrastructure providers in Glacier Country
(Lincoln University. LEaP., 2012-01)
This report summarises the findings from 24 interviews with tourist operators and infrastructure
providers in Glacier Country on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. The research was
undertaken in September 2011. ...
Weather, climate and tourism: a New Zealand perspective
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Environment, Society and Design., 2010)
In the summer of 2009/10 Lincoln University researchers surveyed 436 international tourists to find out how the weather and climate affects their travel in New Zealand. This document presents a selection of data collected ...
Fuelling tourism – how important is oil
(Lincoln University. LEaP., 2010-04)
Over the last decades tourist
operators would have observed that
oil prices have gone up and down,
but generally more up than down. In
other words oil prices have been
extremely volatile, overlying a trend
of increasing ...
Developing a resilience framework to assess tourisms' response to climatic events
(Lincoln University. LEaP., 2011-07)
What is resilience?
Described as a “… measure of the persistence of systems and of their ability to absorb change and disturbance and still maintain the same relationships between populations or state variables” (Holling, ...
White paper on tourism and water
(EarthCheck Research Institute, 2013-03)
Water stewardship, water stress and availability have become increasingly important planning and development considerations for the tourism industry world-wide. Water challenges will be particularly important for the ...