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An analysis of factors affecting tourists’ accounts of weather in South Africa

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Biometeorology, September 2018
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Title
An analysis of factors affecting tourists’ accounts of weather in South Africa
Published in
International Journal of Biometeorology, September 2018
DOI 10.1007/s00484-018-1617-0
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Authors

Jennifer Fitchett, Gijsbert Hoogendoorn

Abstract

There is consensus within tourism research that tourists are sensitive to weather. The climate of a destination is believed to influence the selection of a destination, the timing of the visit and the enjoyment of the destination. The climatic suitability of locations for tourism is often evaluated using indices of climatic data, including the Tourism Climatic Index and the Climate Index for Tourism. The output of these indices is a measure of suitability based on the climatic conditions of the destination alone. This is valuable in facilitating baseline comparisons between destinations, but ignores the role of the country of origin of tourists, the anticipated climatic conditions and the infrastructure in tourist accommodation establishments and attractions. We explore the influence of these factors on the sensitivity of tourists to the climate of a destination, using commentary on climatic factors in TripAdvisor reviews for a selection of 19 locations in South Africa. An improved understanding of the climatic sensitivity of specific tourist groups and climatic challenges in tourist accommodation establishments, facilitates improved adaptation to climate change threats to the tourist sector.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 25 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Doctoral Student 2 8%
Lecturer 2 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 8%
Other 1 4%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 4%
Other 4 16%
Unknown 13 52%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Business, Management and Accounting 3 12%
Social Sciences 3 12%
Computer Science 3 12%
Environmental Science 1 4%
Arts and Humanities 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 13 52%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 February 2019.
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#1,399,371
of 23,105,443 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Biometeorology
#104
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#32,172
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Biometeorology
#3
of 30 outputs
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