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Perceived deficiencies in the provision of climate and weather information for tourism: A New Zealand media analysis
Author(s) -
Wilson Jude,
Becken Susanne
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2011.01208.x
Subject(s) - tourism , attractiveness , climate change , extreme weather , business , geography , political science , psychology , ecology , archaeology , psychoanalysis , biology
Abstract Climate and weather are important for tourism and leisure as they impact on destination attractiveness and subsequent visitation. Through an archive analysis of media articles and a content analysis of Regional Tourism Organisation (RTO) websites, this paper explores perceived deficiencies in the currently available climate and weather information for tourists in New Zealand. While media reports focused on concern by many RTOs over the poor regional images generated by inaccurate and poorly presented climate and weather data, the RTO websites were found to contain limited climate and weather information. There is considerable potential for RTOs to improve in this respect.