Transcript The impacts of climate change on tourism

The impacts of climate
change on tourism
Comenius Project 2010, Lahr
Nowadays many catastrophes appear
due to climate change.
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What is climate
change?
It is a very
complicated
phenomenon.
Climate, however, is not the
same as the weather. It is the
average pattern of weather for
a particular region over a long
period of time.
The effects of global warming change
our homeland. Consequently we have
warmer summers, decreasing moisture,
frequenter extreme weather conditions
(heatwaves, heavy rains, droughts).
Impacts of climate change
Climate change is already having many discernible impacts:
Melting Polar ice caps
Retreating glaciers
Rising sea levels
Extreme weather
Nature under threat
And what about
tourism?
Tourism is one of the most
important sectors in Hungar
There are two kinds of tourism: fo
recreational and leisure
purposes.
The possible impacts of climate change
Season
Summer
Positive
effects
Growing interests
towards seasides
Attract tourists
from the
Mediterranean
regions
Winter
Negative
effects
Crowded
seasides
Ecological
load
Droughts and
forest-fires
Mild winters
Transitional
seasons
Tourist season
will be longer
Winter sports
are decreasing
The importance of tourism in
Hungary
The biggest problem of climate
change in connection with tourism
The most famous tourist attractions can be destroyed by
the effects of climate change
 So they lose part of their tourist sights.
 Tourism decreases in those areas
 Moreover it can destroy even the best tourist resorts
once and for all.
Among others the European Union pays
attention to climate change.
You can find a lot of interesting
information about the issue of
climate change on the EU’s
website.
EU calls upon people to do something
TOGETHER against climate
change.
The slogans are the following:
Change!
Take
action
Turn
Switch
down
off
Recycle
walk
… and DO NOT FORGET:
… and You can save it!