Háskóli ÍslandsUniversity of IcelandFalk, MartinHagsten, Eva2019-09-122019-09-122018-07-26Falk M, Hagsten E. Winter Weather Anomalies and Individual Destination Choice. Sustainability. 2018; 10(8):2630. doi:10.3390/su100826302071-1050https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1246Publisher's version (útgefin grein)Recently, several winter seasons in the European Alps have been unexpectedly warm. In the Austrian mountains, December 2015 was the warmest since weather records began, with a temperature deviation of +6.6 °C compared to the long-term average. By use of data on 6200 individual trips from the Austrian travel survey, a multinomial Logit model is employed to estimate if weather anomalies affect the choice of winter trips. A substitution for more distant trips may create additional environmental burdens, given that they require longer travels or alternative transportation modes. Estimation results reveal that the choice of a mountain destination is not yet affected by extreme winter weather conditions. The result is valid for December 2015, as well as for the total winter season 2015/2016. However, December 2015 and 2016 exhibit a separate development with a significant increase in the likelihood of trips to non-mountains in Europe (mostly city breaks), although no traces of a direct substitution effect can be found. Younger and older people, as well as women, are less likely to go on a winter trip to the mountains. Residents with a tertiary degree and students are more interested in this, as well as large travel groups.2630eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessTravel decisionWinter destinationsAbnormal weatherLeisure travel surveyMultinomial Logit modelFerðalögVetrarferðirVeðurfarKannanirinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleSustainability10.3390/su10082630