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Climate Change and Fruit-Picking Tourism: Impact and Adaptation
Joint Authors
Ge, Quansheng
Chen, Fan
Li, Yunyun
Liu, Jun
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-10-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The purpose of this work is to present phenology as a valid indicator and methodology for monitoring and assessing the impact of climate change on plant-based tourist activities.
Fruit-picking has become a popular rural tourism activity worldwide.
However, fruit maturity dates (FMD) have been affected by climate change (CC), which has in turn profoundly affected fruit-picking tourism activities (FPTA).
In this paper, phenological data on the FMD for 45 types of plants in 1980–2012, dates for more than 200 fruit-picking festivals, and data on monthly average air temperature in 1980–2013 were used to assess the impact of CC on FPTA by wavelet and correlation analyses.
The findings indicated that the study area had been significantly affected by CC.
Prevailing temperatures at one or three months prior have a decisive influence on FMD.
Among the 11 plants directly related to FPTA, the FMD of four were significantly advanced, while 6-7 were significantly delayed owning to increased temperature.
Of the 11 FPTA, only two had realized the impact of CC and had adjusted festival opening dates based on dynamic changes.
However, a considerable number of festival activities remained fixed or scheduled on the weekends.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Liu, Jun& Chen, Fan& Ge, Quansheng& Li, Yunyun. 2016. Climate Change and Fruit-Picking Tourism: Impact and Adaptation. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Liu, Jun…[et al.]. Climate Change and Fruit-Picking Tourism: Impact and Adaptation. Advances in Meteorology No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Liu, Jun& Chen, Fan& Ge, Quansheng& Li, Yunyun. Climate Change and Fruit-Picking Tourism: Impact and Adaptation. Advances in Meteorology. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1095749
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1095749