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To assess the impacts of climate disasters on the behavior of tourists in Bangladesh, this study makes an initial attempt to investigate tourists’ adaptation behavior in response to climate disasters. The survey included both tourists’ previous adaptation behavior and their stated adaptation behavior in response to different climate disasters in future. The choice modeling analysis of tourists’ previous behavior revealed that a cyclone is more likely to result in the cancellation of a trip and a flood is more likely to result in a change in trip timing. As for the stated behavior analysis, it is confirmed that most variables related to disaster severity show significant influence on adaptation behavior. The results also indicate construction of disaster- resilient transportation networks is essential to avoid trip cancellations. In addition, enhancing tourism service quality in Bangladesh could play a significant role in reducing the probability of both trip cancellations and changes of destination.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABJ10 Standing Committee on National Transportation Data Requirements and Programs.

01584066

16-3214

English

25p

2016

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Appendices; Figures; References; Tables

Choice models; Climate; Disasters; Psychological adaptation; Quality of service; Resilience (Materials); Tourists

Bangladesh

Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-3214

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 12 2016 5:26PM