Evaluation of Tourism Climate Comfort in Summer in Guizhou Province During 1961-2015
Tourism comfort degree is an important factor which impacts the human settle environment and tourism resources evaluation.Based on the daily air temperature,relative humidity,mean wind speed,sunshine hours and other meteorological observations of 81 meteorological stations in Guizhou Province during 1961-2015,the spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of the temperature and humidity index (THI),wind chill index (K),index of clothing (ICL),and tourism climate comfort index (Z) in Guizhou Province were analyzed.The results show that the THI and the K were minimum in June,relatively high in July and August,while the first pentad and the second pentad of June was most comfortable in summer in Guizhou Province.For spatial distribution,the THI and K showed an increasing trend from west to east,but the ICL presented the opposite trend.The spatial distribution of comprehensive tourism climate comfort degree showed that the most comfortable period of tourism was June in Guizhou Province.However,in July and August "comfort" region was mainly located in the western region of Guizhou Province.
tourismcomfort degreespatial and temporal distributionGuizhou Province