The effect of temperature on outdoor recreation activities: evidence from visits to federal recreation sites

This paper uses over 30 million individual-level trips in federal recreation locations to investigate the impact of short-term temperature shocks on outdoor recreation activities. Our results show that in the short term, a 1   ∘ C temperature increase during the last six months increases the total t...

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Published in:Environmental research letters 2022-04, Vol.17 (4), p.44037
Main Author: Liu, Pengfei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
climate change
Low temperature
outdoor recreation
Recreation
Recreation sites
Recreational use
temperature
Temperature effects
Travel
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Summary:This paper uses over 30 million individual-level trips in federal recreation locations to investigate the impact of short-term temperature shocks on outdoor recreation activities. Our results show that in the short term, a 1   ∘ C temperature increase during the last six months increases the total trip duration by 1.197 d (or a 4.12% increase) and the total number of trips by 0.472 (or a 5.44% increase) at the zipcode-month level. The positive effect is primarily driven by the increased number of trips and more in-state travel. We find that the impact of temperature on the number of recreation trips generally increases under a higher temperature. When the monthly temperature is below 5   ∘ C, the temperature increase will reduce the number of trips as individuals in low-temperature regions are likely to reduce travel when the temperature gets warmer.
ISSN:1748-9326
1748-9326
DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ac5693