TY - JOUR
TI - Gone with the wind? The impact of wind turbines on tourism demand
AU - Broekel, T
AU - Alfken, C
T2 - Energy Policy
AB - While wind energy production is relatively free from environmental externalities such as air pollution, it is frequently considered to negatively impact landscapes' visual aesthetic values, thereby inducing negative effects on tourism demand. Existing evidence for Germany indeed points towards a negative relationship between tourism demand and wind turbine construction. However, the existing studies primarily rely on interview data and simple bivariate statistics. In contrast, we make use of secondary statistics on tourism and wind turbine locations at the level of German municipalities. Using spatial panel regression techniques, we confirm a negative relation between wind turbines around municipalities and tourism demand for municipalities not located near the coast. In the latter regions, the relation between wind turbines and tourism demand is more complex.
DA - 2015/11//
PY - 2015
VL - 86
SP - 506
EP - 519
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421515300495
DO - 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.08.005
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Recreation & Tourism
KW - Visual Impacts
ER -