- Title
- Climate sensitivity and snow-based tourism in Africa : an investigation of Tripadvisor review on Afriski, Lesotho
- Creator
- Stockigt, L., Hoogendoorn, G., Fitchett, J.M., Saarinen, J.
- Subject
- Snow-based tourism, Climate change, Climate sensitivity
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Conference proceeding
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10210/289079
- Identifier
- uj:31358
- Identifier
- Citation: Stockigt, L. et al. 2018. Climate sensitivity and snow-based tourism in Africa : an investigation of Tripadvisor review on Afriski, Lesotho. Proceedings of the Biennial Conference of the Society of South African Geographers: 1 – 5 October 2018, University of the Free State.
- Description
- Abstract: Climate change presents a range of challenges for the tourism industry. Rising temperatures and changes in humidity and precipitation pose significant threats to the snow-based tourism industry which exacerbate its vulnerability to climate change in the long term. However, in the short term the differences between anticipated and experienced weather as well as the day-to-day variability thereof, can have a significant impact on tourist enjoyment of the destination and their likelihood to return. This has the potential to compromise the economic stability of the enterprise long before climate change yields snow production unaffordable. This study investigates the climatic sensitivity and experiences of weather among tourists who have travelled to the Afriski resort in Lesotho through an analysis of TripAdvisor reviews for the operation. The reviews highlight the importance of snow and cold temperatures on the tourist experience as well as reflects on the recommendation of artificial snow production and a diversification of tourist activities.
- Language
- English
- Rights
- ©2018, authors
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