(^58) Tourism Human Development Report - Croatia 2008
Source of Impact to Tourism Type of Impact Potential Impacts...
General changes in climate and
weather
DIRECT - The attractiveness (i.e., benefits) of a location for tourists and
recreators in complex ways (e.g. too hot, bad or unpredict-
able weather).
INDIRECT - Specific environmental characteristics of locations, including
vegetation, animal populations, and scenery, which also in-
fluence tourism and recreation opportunities (e.g. beaches
washed away).
- Damaged tourist infrastructure due to extreme weather
events – also the psychological impact to tourists (fires,
tornadoes, floods, etc). - Climate change-related health issues (from heat waves mor-
tality/ sicknesses, vector born disease occurrence).
Precipitation and temperature
induced changes in the
discharge of streams and lake
levels
INDIRECT - The attractiveness of a location (e.g. rivers: such as Cetina,
Lika, Gacka, and others; the waterfalls of Plitvice National
Park, lakes: Vrana (Cres and Dalmatia), Sabljak, others; other
fishing and recreational ponds- Aquatic ecosystems and habitats that influence supplies of
environmental services enjoyed by tourists and recreators
(this could affect ‘Plitvice Lakes’ and ‘Lonjsko polje’ ecosys-
tems, and/ or many others) - Water availability for drinking and other uses
Precipitation and temperature-
induced changes in freshwater
quality
INDIRECT - The attractiveness of a location for tourists and for
recreational purposes- Aquatic ecosystems and habitats that influence supplies of
environmental services (e.g. waters of Kopački Rit National
Park, Lonjsko Polje Nature Reserve and Plitvice National
Park)
Temperature induced changes
in freshwater or sea water
temperatures
INDIRECT - The attractiveness of a location (e.g. induced algal blooms,
increase of alien species destroying aquatic ecosystems)- Aquatic ecosystems and habitats that influence the supplies
of environmental services enjoyed by tourists
Reduction in snow-pack DIRECT - Affects overall snow related tourism (Platak, Bjelolasica,
Sljeme, Begovo Razdolje, Čelimbaša, Tršće).
INDIRECT - Tourism infrastructure - for example by pressures on fresh-
water sources due to artificial snow making or lack of snow
melt.
Changes/ destruction of
“scarce” ecosystems and
biodiversity
DIRECT - Affects national parks tourism, eco-tourism (bird watching,
eco-trails, etc.).
INDIRECT - Affects nature related tourism (scenic ecosystems lose
value).
Impacts due to Sea-level Rise To be addressed in Chapter 5Table 4-2: Summary of potential impacts and effects of climate change on tourism and recreation