The impacts of climate change on tourism Comenius Project 2010, Lahr

Nowadays many catastrophes appear due to climate change. ChileHaiti

What is climate change? It is a very complicated phenomenon.

Climate, however, is not the same as the weather. It is the average pattern of weather for a particular region over a long period of time.

The effects of global warming change our homeland. Consequently we have warmer summers, decreasing moisture, frequenter extreme weather conditions (heatwaves, heavy rains, droughts).

Impacts of climate change Climate change is already having many discernible impacts: Melting Polar ice caps Retreating glaciers Rising sea levels Extreme weather Nature under threat

And what about tourism? Tourism is one of the most important sectors in Hungary. There are two kinds of tourism: for recreational and leisure purposes.

The possible impacts of climate change Season Positive effects Negative effects Summer Growing interests towards seasides Attract tourists from the Mediterranean regions Crowded seasides Ecological load Droughts and forest-fires Winter Mild winters Winter sports are decreasing Transitional seasons Tourist season will be longer

The importance of tourism in Hungary

The biggest problem of climate change in connection with tourism The most famous tourist attractions can be destroyed by the effects of climate change  So they lose part of their tourist sights.  Tourism decreases in those areas  Moreover it can destroy even the best tourist resorts once and for all.

Among others the European Union pays attention to climate change. You can find a lot of interesting information about the issue of climate change on the EU ’s website. EU calls upon people to do something TOGETHER against climate change. The slogans are the following:

Turn down Switch off Recycle walk Take action Change!

… and DO NOT FORGET:

… and You can save it!