Evaluating the Tourist Climate Comfortable Period of China in a Changing Climate
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 C...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-68e825cc463a458984611442bdad353c2025-02-03T05:49:39ZengWileyAdvances in Meteorology1687-93091687-93172020-01-01202010.1155/2020/88863168886316Evaluating the Tourist Climate Comfortable Period of China in a Changing ClimateDan-Dan Yu0Shan Li1Zhong-Yang Guo2School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, ChinaSchool of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, ChinaSchool of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, ChinaThe 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8886316 |
| spellingShingle | Dan-Dan Yu Shan Li Zhong-Yang Guo Evaluating the Tourist Climate Comfortable Period of China in a Changing Climate Advances in Meteorology |
| title | Evaluating the Tourist Climate Comfortable Period of China in a Changing Climate |
| title_full | Evaluating the Tourist Climate Comfortable Period of China in a Changing Climate |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating the Tourist Climate Comfortable Period of China in a Changing Climate |
| title_short | Evaluating the Tourist Climate Comfortable Period of China in a Changing Climate |
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