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FUTURE IMPERFECT
Adaptive capacity is more or less equivalent to the
level of general economic development. Therefore
study results confirmed a “southeast-northwest
slope” of the vulnerability (higher in the northwest,
lower in the southeast). The vulnerability of tourism
activities was ranked for each region. Based on this
analysis, if the vulnerability number remains under
100, the analyzed activity is scarcely vulnerable. Be-
tween 100 and 200, the activity is moderately vulner-
able. Above 200 vulnerability is high (Figures 18, 19).
The scale of vulnerability of the specific activities can
be reduced through special adaptation measures.
It is important as well to highlight the fact that cli-
mate related change such as landscape degrada-
tion, wildfires and flash floods have the potential to
seriously affect tourism in near future and could be
enough to counteract any potential positive effects.
Figure 19:
Vulnerability map of the Carpathian regions (source: CarpathCC).
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