Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Hooshmand Ataie
• Sadat Hasheminasab
• Marzieh Zarean
• Reyhaneh Heydari

Abstract

Weather and climate, along with safety level and political-social situation of tourist attractions have the most influential role and contribution in tourist attractions. In this study, physiologic equivalent temperature (PET) was applied and climatic elements like average dry-bulb temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, steam pressure and cloudiness (cloud amount) were used in 5 synoptic stations in a 20 year time period (1989-2009). Then, data were transferred to RayMan and results were inferred in the form of daily climatic calendars. The present article seeks to understand climatic-tourist conditions and the influence of each climatic elements on the human physiological structure in each days of a year. Results indicate that cold-stress exist in most days of the year which is the most important climatic limitation in these mentioned stations. Desirable climate covers only a short period of year, so that in Zarine-obato 65 days, in Saqez 46 days, in Bijar 43 days, in Qorve 40 days and finally in Sanandaj 33 days have desirable climate.

Keywords

• tourism climate
• PET
• limitation
• Kurdistan Province