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Evaluating the Tourist Climate Comfortable Period of China in a Changing Climate

Authors :
Dan-Dan Yu
Shan Li
Zhong-Yang Guo
Source :
Advances in Meteorology, Vol 2020 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Hindawi Limited, 2020.

Abstract

The evaluation of climate comfort for tourism can provide information for tourists selecting destinations and tourism operators. Understanding how climate conditions for tourism evolve is increasingly important for strategic tourism planning, particularly in rapidly developing tourism markets like China in a changing climate. Multidimensional climate indices are needed to evaluate climate for tourism, and previous studies in China have used the much criticized “climate index” with low resolution climate data. This study uses the Holiday Climate Index (HCI) and daily data from 775 weather stations to examine interregional differences in the tourist climate comfortable period (TCCP) across China and summarizes the spatiotemporal evolution of TCCP from 1981 to 2010 in a changing climate. Overall, most areas in China have an “excellent” climate for tourism, such that tourists may visit anytime with many choices available. The TCCP in most regions shows an increasing trend, and China benefits more from positive effects of climate change in climatic conditions for tourism, especially in spring and autumn. These results can provide some scientific evidence for understanding human settlement environmental constructions and further contribute in improving local or regional resilience responding to global climate change.

Subjects

Subjects :
Meteorology. Climatology
QC851-999

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
16879309 and 16879317
Volume :
2020
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Advances in Meteorology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.68e825cc463a458984611442bdad353c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8886316