Climate Change, Weather Extremes, and Tourism

Dear Colleague, 

The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projected increases in global mean temperature and a higher frequency of weather extremes in the coming decades. The climate crisis continues to change the tourism sector in various ways, including increased events of disruption, geographical and temporal shifts in climate suitability and tourism seasons, destination competitiveness, and health and diseases. Anthropogenic climate change and atmospheric variability are creating critical challenges for the tourism sector. 

This Special Issue aims to explore state-of-the-art efforts in the climate impact study in tourism. It will explore the relationships between climate, weather, and tourism, examine the tourism consequences of climate change, and address the initiatives of the sector’s adaptation efforts to reduce the risks. Research that analyzes climate change impacts and adaptation strategies for future emission scenarios is highly encouraged. 

All efforts, including high-quality original research and review articles in this field, are welcome for submission concerning the following topics, among others:

• Climate change risk in destinations;
• The relationship between climate, weather, and tourism travelers;
• The impact of climate change on tourism seasons;
• Tourists’ perceptions of climate change;
• Tourism industry responses to climate change;
• Future scenario planning and adaptations;
• Last chance tourism from a climate change perspective;
• Tourism resilience, mitigation, and adaptation to climate change.

Dr. Siyao Ma
Prof. Dr. Daniel Scott
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Tourism and Hospitality is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• tourism
• nature-based tourism
• climate change
• weather extremes
• risk management
• climate vulnerability assessment
• adaptation and mitigation