Human Thermal Conditions and North Europeans’ Web Searching Behavior (Google Trends) on Mediterranean Touristic Destinations
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data and Methodology
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
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- According to the correlation coefficient the PETmax is more influential than the PETmin on searching keywords related to summer holidays
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- As the correlation coefficient and the graphs reveal, there is an obvious relationship between the thermal conditions and the searching behaviour but the strength of this relationship is not equal between all locations and keywords
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- The graphs and the statistic’s tests indicate that the correlation is not only a function of seasonality but a relation between thermal conditions and searching behaviour
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- According to the analysis so far, there is no time lag between the prevalence of the thermal conditions and the searching of the keywords
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- The link between thermal comfort conditions and searching the specific keywords is evidence of the behaviour alteration due to biometeorological conditions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Location | Crete | Ibiza | Majorca | Dubrovnik | Bodrum | Normandy | Galicia | Donostia * | Beach | Sun | Weather | Holiday | Sea | ||
Finland | PETmax | 0.70 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.42 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.06 | 0.47 | |
PETmin | 0.55 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 0.43 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.37 | 0.22 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.41 | ||
Germany | PETmax | 0.68 | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.61 | 0.71 | 0.36 | 0.18 | 0.51 | 0.66 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.53 | |
PETmin | 0.69 | 0.72 | 0.69 | 0.59 | 0.69 | 0.37 | 0.18 | 0.52 | 0.65 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.34 | 0.51 | ||
Norway | PETmax | 0.71 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.29 | 0.50 | 0.32 | 0.44 | 0.05 | 0.42 | |
PETmin | 0.66 | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.01 | -0.02 | 0.23 | 0.49 | 0.24 | 0.39 | 0.01 | 0.36 | ||
Ireland | PETmax | 0.44 | 0.68 | 0.60 | 0.44 | 0.37 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.36 | 0.56 | 0.28 | 0.36 | 0.39 | 0.56 | |
PETmin | 0.39 | 0.59 | 0.51 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.31 | 0.47 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.48 | ||
U.K. | PETmax | 0.64 | 0.79 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.79 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.21 | 0.39 | 0.44 | 0.51 | |
PETmin | 0.60 | 0.75 | 0.59 | 0.57 | 0.74 | 0.34 | 0.24 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.18 | 0.36 | 0.41 | 0.46 |
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Charalampopoulos, I.; Nastos, P.T.; Didaskalou, E. Human Thermal Conditions and North Europeans’ Web Searching Behavior (Google Trends) on Mediterranean Touristic Destinations. Urban Sci. 2017, 1, 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci1010008
Charalampopoulos I, Nastos PT, Didaskalou E. Human Thermal Conditions and North Europeans’ Web Searching Behavior (Google Trends) on Mediterranean Touristic Destinations. Urban Science. 2017; 1(1):8. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci1010008
Chicago/Turabian StyleCharalampopoulos, Ioannis, Panagiotis T. Nastos, and Eleni Didaskalou. 2017. "Human Thermal Conditions and North Europeans’ Web Searching Behavior (Google Trends) on Mediterranean Touristic Destinations" Urban Science 1, no. 1: 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci1010008