Lóránt DÁVID¹, Zoltán BAROS², Csaba PATKÓS³, & Anja TUOHINO^4
1College Professor, Head of Department, Department of Tourism and Regional Development, Károly Róbert College, Gyöngyös, Hungary, E-mail: davidlo@karolyrobert.hu
²Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Rural Development and Consultancy, Károly Róbert College, Gyöngyös, Hungary
³Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary
⁴Development Manager, Centre for Tourism Studies, University of Eastern Finland, Savonlinna, Finland


LAKE TOURISM AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH BASED ON FINNISH AND HUNGARIAN CASE-STUDIES

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Lakes are an essential element of some of the world’s most popular tourism destinations. One of the most relevant resources of lake and coastal tourism, in general, is climate. Due to the climate change, the characteristics of tourism market may be rearranged to a significant degree. In this paper, the authors intend to discuss the topic from an aspect that has been in a focal point to a limited degree, i.e. to forecast the possible effects of global climate change in Hungarian and Finnish lakes. We can be certain that in case the impacts of the climate change have an influence on tourism, such will be effect mainly coastal and mountain areas. Consequently, we must prepare for the prevention of such problems in tourism destinations at riversides and lakes.