Assessment of the Risks to Tourism Destinations, Tourists, and Employees as a Result of Climate Change
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (12 April 2023) | Viewed by 2564
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Interests: tourism; aviation; sustainability; COVID-19; climate change
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Dear Colleagues,
Extreme and slow-onset climate events attributed to climate change have been apparent in recent decades, with socioeconomic and environmental implications for global populations. Extreme weather events and shifts in geographical and climatic zones [1] have threatened lives and livelihoods. The shifts in global climatic regions have created a festering zone for the unprecedented spread of zoonotic diseases to new areas, including diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. This has created additional risks for tourist destinations and tourism stakeholders. The threat of climate change has also been enhanced by events such as heatwaves, tropical cyclones, flooding, droughts, and rising sea levels, which have affected destinations, flora, fauna, tourism employees, and tourists alike [2–4], threatening the viability and sustainability of tourist destinations. Wright et al. [5] argue that there is a correlation between climate change and skin cancer linked to UV exposure, as well as other non-communicable diseases. There is a lack of focused research on the effects of climate change on tourist destinations, tourists, and tourism employees. The impacts of climate change's transformation on tourists, tourism employees, and host communities’ mental and physical health are largely unknown. Therefore, this Special Issue seeks to consolidate this critical knowledge gap by calling for authors to submit theoretical and empirical studies on the impact of climate change and extreme weather events on tourist destinations, tourists, tourism employees, and host communities.
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Dr. Kaitano Dube
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Keywords
- extreme weather events
- UV exposure
- disease prevalence
- mortality
- mental well-being
- loss and damage
- trauma
- climate disaster
