Assessing the impact of explosive eruptions of Fogo volcano (São Miguel, Azores) on the tourism economy

Medeiros, Joana; Carmo, Rita; Pimentel, Adriano; Vieira, José Cabral; Queiroz, Gabriela

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-417-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-417-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-417-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

Research article

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29 Jan 2021

Research article |

| 29 Jan 2021

Assessing the impact of explosive eruptions of Fogo volcano (São Miguel, Azores) on the tourism economy

Joana Medeiros, Rita Carmo, Adriano Pimentel, José Cabral Vieira, and Gabriela Queiroz

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RC1: 'manuscript nhess-2020-239', Dario Pedrazzi, 17 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to Comments', Joana Medeiros, 28 Sep 2020
RC2: 'Interactive comment on nhess 2020-239, Assessing the impact of explosive eruptions of Fogo volcano on the tourism industry', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Nov 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to Comments', Joana Medeiros, 04 Dec 2020

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (08 Dec 2020) by Sven Fuchs

AR by Joana Medeiros on behalf of the Authors (11 Dec 2020) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (11 Dec 2020) by Sven Fuchs

Short summary

This study proposes a new approach to accessing the economic impact of explosive eruptions on the tourism sector on São Miguel Island, which uses the loss present value method to estimate the benefits generated by accommodation units over 30 years for different scenarios. The results reveal that in a near-total-destruction scenario, the economic loss is ~ EUR 145 million. This method can be adapted to other volcanic regions and also to other geological hazards and economic sectors.