Percentage of mountainous area in the region

Indicator	[hectares/hectares tourism region]
Range	[-%]
Control for	DEMAND: Changes in tourists flow (+)
Influence on vulnerability	Climate change shifts international tourists towards the poles and up to the mountains (OcCC/ProClim 2007). The Alps are seen as an alternative to sea in summer for tourists in search of coolness and as an escape from the heat of the lowlands (Serquet and Rebetez 2011). The higher the percentage, the lower the exposure of the region
Trend	Linear ↓
Data source	Personal calculation using a digital height model (DHM25)
Remarks	Mountainous areas are considered areas over 1200 meters AMSL (after the vegetation belts definition). We take this indicator because possibly more appropriate than the TCI. Besancenot (1990) defines nine types of tourism. Light activities (on which the TCI is based) are typically associated with nice and sunny weather or nice weather partly clouded. Whereas hiking and similar activities are associated to cool and sunny weather or nice weather with strong wind. Therefore a good TCI score does not necessarily imply good conditions for mountain hiking
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