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Influence of Weather on the Behaviour of Tourists in a Beach Destination

R.-Toubes, Diego, Araújo-Vila, Noelia, Fraiz-Brea, José Antonio·2020·Atmosphere
DOI 10.3390/atmos11010121
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In sun-and-beach destinations, weather has a decisive influence on the variability of the daily flow of tourists. Uncertainty in demand flows directly affects businesses and employment. This work aims to improve understanding of the behaviour of tourists in response to changes in weather conditions. The analysis is carried out in the Rías Baixas, a sun-and-beach destination in north-west Spain. The paper analyses the relationship of weather conditions with daily flows during the high season at the main tourist beaches in the area, also considering two beach typologies. The density of beach use is measured three times a day through the analysis of webcam images in combination with real-time weather, and an online survey is conducted among tourists who have visited these beaches. The results show that the hours of sunshine are the most influential weather factor. Weather forecast greatly or totally influenced the decision to go to the beach for almost 70% of respondents and about 80% of the respondents checked on the weather before visiting a beach.

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Figure 1 ALanzada Beach. Licensed by F. Azumendi.
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Figure 2 Overnight national and foreign tourists stays in Sanxenxo from March to October 2018. Source: [58].
Figure 2 Overnight national and foreign tourists stays in Sanxenxo from March to October 2018. Source: [58].CC-BY · From the PDF
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Figure 4 Occupancy by time of day on urban and rural beaches: ( a ) Silgar beach (urban): ( b ) A Lanzada beach (rural).
Figure 4 Occupancy by time of day on urban and rural beaches: ( a ) Silgar beach (urban): ( b ) A Lanzada beach (rural).CC-BY · From the PDF
Figure 5 Occupancy density of the beaches of Silgar (urban) and A Lanzada (rural) at 5 p.m., from 1 July to 15 August 2019. (*) 0: zero, 1: low, 2: medium, 3: high. The symbol marks rainy days.
Figure 5 Occupancy density of the beaches of Silgar (urban) and A Lanzada (rural) at 5 p.m., from 1 July to 15 August 2019. (*) 0: zero, 1: low, 2: medium, 3: high. The symbol marks rainy days.CC-BY · From the PDF
Figure 6 Evaluation of the five items (IT) according to age group.
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  1. Matzarakis, A., and de Freitas, C.R. (2001, January 5–10). Climate Impacts on the Demand for Tourism. Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Climate, Tourism and Recreation, Porto Carras, Neos Marmaras, Halkidiki, Greece.
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Authors
R.-Toubes, D., Araújo-Vila, N., & Fraiz-Brea, J. A.
Affiliations
  • Department of Business Organization, Business Administration and Tourism School, University of Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain
  • Financial Economics and Accounting Department, University of Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain
  • Department of Marketing, Business Administration and Tourism School, University of Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain
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Atmosphere
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2020-01-20
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
121
ISSN
2073-4433
DOI
10.3390/atmos11010121
Cited by
32
References
52
Language
en
Licence
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)

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