The impact of climate change on tourism has been examined in terms of changes in a
destination's climate; the impact of ancillary effects such as sea-level rise has been
neglected. In this study the role that coastal and other landscape features have on the
attractiveness of tourist destinations is examined using the hedonic price technique. The
average price of accommodation in the coastal districts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany is
explained using landscape and other characteristics of these districts. As parts of the
coastline of Schleswig-Holstein are protected by dikes, adaptation measures as well as
natural coastal features are represented in the dataset. The analysis shows that an increase
in the length of dikes in a given district would result in a reduction in the average price of
accommodation. An increase in the length of open coast results in an increase in the
average price of accommodation. For two districts, the impact of sea-level rise is examined
through a comparison of the costs of different coastal protection measures compared to the
resulting changes in revenue from accommodation. The costs of dike construction along
with the effect of reduced accommodation prices favour the use of beach nourishment to
protect the coast.