TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Thimm, Tatjana
A1  - Bild, Christine
A1  - Kalff, Michael
T1  - Climate change in low mountain ranges: opportunities in sustainable Black Forest tourism
JF  - European Journal of Tourism Research
N2  - The aim of this paper is to portray the risks of climate change for low mountain range tourism and to develop sustainable business models as adaption strategy. A mixed-method-approach is applied combining secondary analysis, a quantitative survey, and qualitative in-depth-interviews in a transdisciplinary setting. Results show, that until now, climate change impacts on the snow situation in the Black Forest – at least above 1,000 m – have been mild and compensated by artificial snowmaking, and up to now have not had measurable effects on tourism demand. In general, the Black Forest appears to be an attractive destination for more reasons than just snow. The climate issue seems to be regarded as a rather incidental occurrence with little importance to current business decisions. However, the authors present adaption strategies as alternatives for snow tourism, e. g. the implementation of hiking hostels, since climate change will make winter tourism in the Black Forest impossible in the long run.
KW  - Sustainable tourism
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Winter tourism
Y1  - 2019
UR  - http://ejtr.vumk.eu/index.php/volume23/699-v23sis63
SN  - 1994-7658
SS  - 1994-7658
VL  - 23
SP  - 63
EP  - 70
ER  -