Exploring the Impact of Tourism to the Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions: Implications of the Climatic Conditions

摘要: Sustainable development is difficult to be achieved in mountain regions because of their sensitivity climate change. The rapid tourism worldwide during the last years makes goal for sustainable even more challenging. Key factor Europe was function ski centres. According spirit Brundtland Report centres are not general sustainable, they may have economic benefits but negatively affect other two pillars sustainability: environment and society. present paper focuses on a resort Greece, attempting assess impact area. Ski resorts played crucial role bloom Greece. Its evolution relatively recent phenomenon which has been affected by crisis that afflicts country past years. Demographic data compared with indicators were used environmental Moreover, meteorological order examine correlation climatic conditions number visitors. results show centre Elatohori despite major impact, especially increased carbon emissions caused visitors Additionally, (precipitation temperature, absolute maximum air temperature)