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CR 13:141-147 (1999)
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Tourists and attitudes to air-conditioning in the tropics
Zbigniew Bromberek*
Department of Architecture, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
*E-mail: z.bromberek@mailbox.uq.edu.au
ABSTRACT: A survey of tourists visiting Cairns in northern Australia showed significant dissatisfaction with the indoor climate conditions provided. The rationale for a year-round fully controlled environment is questioned when, in the hot and humid
weather of the tropical summer, almost half of the surveyed tourists did not perceive these conditions to justify the use of air-conditioners. Responses in the survey suggest that tourists' needs in this respect are markedly different from those perceived
to exist by tourist resort developers and operators.
KEY WORDS: Tourists · Tropics · Accommodation · Attitudes
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Published in CR Vol.
13, No. 2
(1999) on October 26
Print ISSN: 0936-577X; Online ISSN: 1616-1572.
Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 1999
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