Abstract
Camping is a nature-based tourism activity that involves traveling away from one’s home to stay one or more nights in a natural setting. The three camping categories include tent, recreational vehicle (inclusive of campers), and cabin. Camping is unique compared to other tourism activities because it is also considered an accommodation, the largest sub-sector of tourism. Accommodations account for over $300 billion of the overall economic impact of the broader tourism industry, and camping has grown at a faster pace than accommodations in general over the past five years. Because of the natural setting of camping, it is particularly susceptible to weather conditions, weather extremes, climatic variability, and climate change. This study introduces the Camping Climate Index (CCI), a camping sector tourism climate index. Specifically, we empirically develop an index based on observed behaviors (i.e., camping occupancy), validate the index compared to other prominent and modern tourism indices, and use the index to demonstrate changing climatic variability for 29 camping locations. The study seeks to broaden our sights of camping and climate relationships by providing detailed discussion, limitations, and future research sections pertaining to the CCI.
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