THERMAL SCIENCE
International Scientific Journal
INFLUENCE OF SUMMER TEMPERATURES ON BASIC ECONOMIC AND TOURISM INDICATORS OF THE MIDDLE MEDITERRANEAN
ABSTRACT
The Middle Mediterranean is characterized by long, hot and dry summers, significant historical and cultural values and the warm Mediterranean Sea, making it attractive for coastal tourism. Given these characteristics, the goal of our paper is to analyze the influence of summer temperatures in the region of the Middle Mediterranean on the values of underlying economic and tourism indicators. The method of simple linear correlation and regression was used. Based on the results of testing, we came to the conclusion that the temperatures in the summer months have no significant influence on selected economic and tourism indicators. Also, we conclude that social factors have the greatest influence on these indicators. The coefficients of variation are calculated in the observed period to analyze the variability of the tested values. It could not be identified a statistically significant relationship of indicators with average temperatures. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 47007]
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PAPER SUBMITTED: 2015-03-28
PAPER REVISED: 2015-04-16
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2015-04-28
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2015-06-07
THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR
2015, VOLUME
19, ISSUE
Supplement 2, PAGES [S361 - S370]
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