The integration of nature disaster and tourist database: The effect of extreme weather event on the seasonal tourist arrival in Taiwan

Ching Li, Ping Feng Hsia*

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Abstract

The study integrated nature disaster and tourist databases to understand how the impact of extreme weather event on tourist arrival. Through multilayer perceptron analysis, the relationship between extreme weather events and the tourist arrival was estimated. Data were collected from National Fire Agency and Tourism Bureau for the period 1990-2010. The results of the investigation show that the key extreme weather event in spring is heavy rain; in summer and autumn, the threat of typhoons is the major factor, and in winter, it is the cold air incursion. In conclusion, the seasonal variation in the tourist arrival is affected by different types of extreme weather events. Furthermore, the scale of the extreme weather event was the most important factor that affects the change in the tourist arrival.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMultidisciplinary Social Networks Research - 2nd International Conference, MISNC 2015, Proceedings
EditorsKai Wang, Shiro Uesugi, Leon Wang, Koji Okuhara, I-Hsien Ting
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages94-105
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783662483183
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Event2nd International Conference on Multidisciplinary Social Networks Research, MISNC 2015 - Matsuyama, Japan
Duration: 2015 Sept 12015 Sept 3

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume540
ISSN (Print)1865-0929

Other

Other2nd International Conference on Multidisciplinary Social Networks Research, MISNC 2015
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityMatsuyama
Period2015/09/012015/09/03

Keywords

  • Extreme weather events
  • Multilayer perceptron analysis
  • Seasonal impact
  • Tourist arrival

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science(all)
  • Mathematics(all)

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