Tourism, Recreation and Climate Change

Colin Michael Hall is PhD from the University of Western Australia and previous positions at the University of Canberra, University of New England, Massey University and the University of Otago. Currently co-editor of Current Issues in Tourism and Professor, University of Canterbury; Docent, University of Oulu; Visiting Professor, Linnaeus University; and Senior Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg.James Higham holds the position of Professor of Tourism, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, and Visiting Professor of Sustainable Tourism, University of Stavanger, Norway. His research is situated in the broad field of tourism and global environmental change, which in recent years has focused on climate change, tourist behaviour and transitions to a low-carbon future.

• 1. Introduction - C. Michael Hall and James Higham2. The Climate-Tourism Relationship and its Relevance to Climate Change Impact Assessment - C. R. de Freitas3. Tracing the Development of the Climate Change Issue in the Tourism Sector - Daniel Scott, Geoff Wall and Geoff McBoyle4. Climate and Policy Changes: Their Implications for International Tourism Flows - Sue Mather, David Viner and Graham Todd5. The Mediterranean: How Can the Worlds Most Popular Tourist Destination Adjust to a Changing Climate? - Allen Perry6. Why Should French Tourism Pay Attention to Climate Change? - Jean-Paul Ceron and Ghislain Dubois7. Climate Change and Tourism and Recreation in North America - Daniel Scott, Geoff McBoyle and Geoff Wall8. Tourism and Climatic Change in Southern Africa - R.A. Preston-Whyte and H. Watson9. Changing Snow-cover and Winter Tourism in the Scottish Highlands - S.J. Harrison, S.J. Winterbottom and R.C. Johnson10. Climate Change and Tourism in the Swiss Alps - Rolf Bürki, Hans Elsasser, Bruno Abegg and Urs Koenig11. Effects of Climate Change on Tourism Demand and Benefits in Alpine Areas - Robert B. Richardson and John B. Loomis12. Implications of Climate Change on Tourism in Oceania - Stephen Craig-Smith and Lisa Ruhanen13. Tourism, Fossil Fuels and the Resulting Impacts on Climate Change - Susanne Becken and David Simmons14. Tourism and Climate Change Adaptation - Carlo Aall and Karl G Høyer15. Tourism and the Ozone Hole: Industry and Tourist Perceptions - L. Michael Trapasso16. Doing Something About the Weather - Keith Dewar17. Climate Change and Transport for Tourism - Paul Peeters18. Sustainable Mobility and Sustainable Tourism - Karl G. Høyer and Carlo Aall19. Tourism as Victim, Problem or Solution: Story Lines of a Complex Industry-environment Relation - Lotta Frändberg20. Tourism's Contribution to Global Environmental Change - Stefan Gössling21. Making Tourism Sustainable: The Real Challenge of Climate Change? - James Higham and C. Michael Hall

It is encouraging to see a scholarly contribution concerning climate change and tourism especially at a time when too many in the tourism industry and academic community appear either sceptical or indifferent to the world about them. The editors are to be congratulated for assembling a wide range of tourism topics in which climate plays a part, written by some of the most competent contributors in the field. This book should be a must-have on the reading list of every tourism course as well as in every department and institutional library. Bryan Farrell, University of California, in Tourismos Volume 1, Number 1 This edited volume covers every aspect of the relationship between tourism and climate change, and the state of the art in this field. This book provides a good introduction to the current state of research on tourism and climate change.