Proceedings of the First International Workshop  
on Climate, Tourism and Recreation
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                                      Edited by  A. Matzarakis and C. R. de Freitas

Report of a Workshop Held at Porto Carras,
Neos Marmaras, Halkidiki, Greece, 5 -10 October 2001.

International Society of Biometeorology,

Commission on Climate Tourism and Recreation

 December 2001

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Preface

WP0

theory, Concepts and Methods in Climate Tourism Research Chris de Freitas

WP1

Evaluating domestic tourists' attitudes to British Weather - a qualitative approach Melanie Limb and Greg Spellman

WP2

More heat and drought--- can Mediterranean tourism survive and prosper? Allen Perry

WP3

Climate impacts on the demand for tourism. Maureen Agnew and Jean P. Palutikof

WP4

THE BIOCLIMATIC DIVERSITY OF BULGARIA: A RESOURCE OR A LIMITING FACTOR OF RECREATION AND TOURISM?  Zoya Mateeva

WP5

Using a Modified ‘Tourism Climate Index’ to Examine the Implications of Climate Change for Climate as a Natural Resource for Tourism Daniel Scott, Geoff McBoyle

WP6

Tourism in the Land of the Ozone Hole:  A Perception StudyL. Michael Trapasso

WP7

Assessing climate for tourism purposes: Existing methods and tools for the thermal complex Andreas Matzarakis

WP8

ANALYSIS OF A HEAT WAVE PHENOMENON OVER GREECE AND IT’S IMPLICATIONS FOR TOURISM AND RECREATION Balafoutis, Ch. J. and Makrogiannis

WP9

The influence of the weather upon the recreational use Christiane Brandenburg and A. Arnberger

WP10

Assessment of recreational potential of bioclimate based on the human heat balance Krzysztof Blazejczyk

WP11

Assessing the Sensitivity of the Alpine Skiing Industry in Ontario, Canada to Climate Variability and Change Daniel Scott, Geoff McBoyle, Brian Mills, Geoff Wall

WP12

Climate and Bioclimate information for tourism in Greece Andreas Matzarakis

WP13

The effect of climate on the use of open spaces in the urban environment: relation to tourism Marialena Nikolopoulou

WP14

Links Among Climate, Forest Fire, and Recreation in the US Southwest Barbara J. Morehouse

WP15

CLIMATOLOGICAL BASIS FOR PLANNING IN MOUNTAIN RECREATION Marjana Gajic-Capka

WP16

Climate and tourism – an Australian perspective Carol J. Skinner and Richard J. de Dear 

WP17

Biometeorological potential of Croatian Adriatic coast Ksenija Zaninović

WP18

RESULTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE WORKSHOP CLIMATE, TOURISM AND RECREATION Participants of workshop

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A. Matzarakis and Ch. de Freitas,  Dienstag, 09. April 2002