Analysis of climatic conditions for sustainable development of urban tourism (Case study: Chabahar port city, Iran)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Azadeh Arbabi Sabzvari ¹ ( Assistant Professor, Department of Geography in Urban Planing, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran )

Received: 2020-09-30 Accepted : 2021-02-23 Published : 2022-05-22

Keywords: Tourism, Climatic factors, Chabahar port, CIT index,

Abstract :

This study has been compiled with the aim of evaluating and measuring climatic conditions and factors in tourism processes with emphasis on tourist satisfaction, along with climate data and tourism climate indicators, to evaluate the results of these indicators, due to natural and human differences between destinations. Tourism and special characteristics of tourists, changes in the process of assessing the climate for tourists, apply and provide new results. For this purpose, Bandar Chabahar city in Iran was selected as a case study for this evaluation. Chabahar port is considered by domestic and international tourists due to its important political, economic and tourism situation and special climatic conditions. To achieve this goal, the Comfort Climate or Tourism Climate Indicators TCI, PMV and CIT were selected for combined evaluation over a period of 30 years (1985-2014). The results showed that according to the CIT index, all months and periods of time in a day and night in the port of Chabahar, is desirable or acceptable for tourists, which was a little far from reality. In assessing the climatic conditions, this study By applying minor changes in the CIT index and combining the results of the PMV index with the level of tourists' satisfaction with different thermal sensation conditions, different results were achieved, which showed the greater impact of field data on expert opinions. Due to the different attitudes of tourists towards the residents of destinations and their desire to gain specific tourism experiences, the desirability of the climate for tourists may

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