Conference by COTRI's director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt about the consequences of Climate Change for Tourism in urban areas, especially in China. At Zhejiang University (Hangzhou) in 2009.

1. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt FRGS COTRI / West Coast University of Applied Sciences Germany, Heide Climate Change and Urban Tourism Zhejiang University 2009 China International Leisure Development Forum, Hangzhou/China

3. Climate Change and Urban Tourism Content 1. Introduction – Climate Change, Tourism and Cities 2. The state of Climate Change and Tourism research 3. Climate Change and Urban tourism – A blind spot 4. Climate Change and Urban tourism – Consequences 5. Conclusion

6. Climate Change first described in 1824 by Fourier 20 th c.: Average global air temperature + 0.7º C 21 th c.: Expected increase + 6º C 10,000 years ago: 10 million global population 2,000 years ago: 300 million global population 200 years ago: 1 billion global population Year 2012: 7 billion global population Major part of the global wealth invested in cities at specific places in a globalised economy, impossible for mankind to migrate to areas favoured by climate change and anthropogenic global warming.

8. Urban tourism has been gaining in importance compared to “3S” (Sea, Sand & Sun) tourism and has become a major source of income for cities around the world City centers have been transformed into cityscapes concentrating on the spatial development of “tourist bubbles”

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