Author Identifier
Ghialy Yap: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7996-8019
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
School
School of Business and Law
Publication Unique Identifier
10.1080/10941665.2025.2480097
RAS ID
78465
Funders
2020 Small Seed Grant from the Markets and Services Research Centre (MASRC), School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
Abstract
This paper examines the effects of climate change on tourist arrivals to Western Australia, which we classify according to the purpose of their visit (business, education, holiday, visitors of friends and relatives (VFR), and employment). We construct a temperature variability indicator that measures the deviation of extreme temperatures from the average temperature. Overall, the results reveal that temperature variabilities have long-term diminishing effects on tourist arrivals, specifically VFR, visitors for employment and education. Surprisingly, unusually low-temperature variability negatively affects tourist arrivals more than unusually high-temperature variability. This suggests that cooler temperatures than expected could lead to tourists’ dissatisfaction and reduce the perceived attractiveness of the destination.
DOI
10.1080/10941665.2025.2480097
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Comments
Yap, G., & Bassil, C. (2025). The effect of climate change on different types of international visitors in Western Australia. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2025.2480097