Climate Change and Fruit-Picking Tourism: Impact and Adaptation
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 affect...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b374b78e4837432e936fcd402b6720102025-02-03T01:08:57ZengWileyAdvances in Meteorology1687-93091687-93172016-01-01201610.1155/2016/97836469783646Climate Change and Fruit-Picking Tourism: Impact and AdaptationJun Liu0Fan Chen1Quansheng Ge2Yunyun Li3School of Tourism, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, ChinaSchool of Tourism, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, ChinaInstitute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, A11 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, ChinaSchool of Tourism, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, ChinaThe 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9783646 |
| spellingShingle | Jun Liu Fan Chen Quansheng Ge Yunyun Li Climate Change and Fruit-Picking Tourism: Impact and Adaptation Advances in Meteorology |
| title | Climate Change and Fruit-Picking Tourism: Impact and Adaptation |
| title_full | Climate Change and Fruit-Picking Tourism: Impact and Adaptation |
| title_fullStr | Climate Change and Fruit-Picking Tourism: Impact and Adaptation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate Change and Fruit-Picking Tourism: Impact and Adaptation |
| title_short | Climate Change and Fruit-Picking Tourism: Impact and Adaptation |
| title_sort | climate change and fruit picking tourism impact and adaptation |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9783646 |
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