Influence of Weather on the Behaviour of Tourists in a Beach Destination
作者： R-Toubes , Diego , Noelia Araujo-Vila , Jose Antonio Fraiz-Brea
关键词: Seasonality 、 Environmental resource management 、 Geography 、 Weather factors 、 Work (electrical) 、 Destinations 、 Tourism
摘要: In sun-and-beach destinations, weather has a decisive influence on the variability of daily flow tourists. Uncertainty in demand flows directly affects businesses and employment. This work aims to improve understanding behaviour tourists response changes conditions. The analysis is carried out Rias Baixas, destination north-west Spain. paper analyses relationship conditions with during high season at main tourist beaches area, also considering two beach typologies. density use measured three times day through webcam images combination real-time weather, an online survey conducted among who have visited these beaches. results show that hours sunshine are most influential factor. Weather forecast greatly or totally influenced decision go for almost 70% respondents about 80% checked before visiting beach.
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