Identification of Tourism Climate Regions in West of Iran

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Mehrdad  Ramzanipour ¹ (Assistant Professor, Dep. of Geography, Chalous Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalous, Iran)

Received: 2017-07-01 Accepted : 2018-03-11 Published : 2018-08-23

Keywords: GIS, TCI, Climatourism, West of Iran,

Abstract :

Climate information is important for tourists especially before and during the vacation period. In this regard, for evaluation the local and time conditions for tourism climate regions in west of Iran (Lorestan, Kermanshah, Hamedan and Kurdistan provinces) TCI index and climate variables including mean of temperature, mean of max temperature, total of monthly precipitation, mean of relative humidity min, mean of sunshine hours and mean of wind speed (km/h) were used during a 15 year period (1990-2005). After analysis, the results showed that in most stations, May, June, July, September, October, and November month have ideal to good conditions for tourism. Throughout a year, Sarpol-e Zahab station has less favorable tourism conditions than other stations. The TCI coefficients zoning showed that in the cold seasons, i.e., in the entire studied area in December and January months, Lorestan province has not favorable climate for tourism, except a small southern part of this province, which has a good tourism climate in February and March months. In the warm seasons, i.e., in May, the central part of Lorestan province and small sections in the east and south of Kermanshah province and in June, the northern parts of Kurdistan province and south-east of the Lorestan province the ideal conditions dominate, and in September, the northern parts of Kurdistan and Hamedan provinces have the most ideal area compared to other areas, and in October, there is an ideal conditions for tourism only in the central part of Lorestan province.

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