Abstract
Kłodzko Land is one of the most important regions of Poland in terms of tourism and health issues. Numerous tourism attractions and health resorts make the region attractive for both tourist and bathers. The goal of this paper was to evaluate the impact of weather conditions on tourism-related conditions and their changes in the multiannual period. In the analysis, the indices of heat days, the UTCI (Universal Thermal Climate Index) and CTIS (Climate Tourism Information Scheme) tools were used. The research on heat days and the UTCI indicated a significant increase in the heat-stress frequency over the last decades. Simultaneously, the number of weather types related to cold stress has considerably decreased. Such trends were noticed in the entire region, in all the considered hypsometric zones. The rising tendency was also observed for strong and very strong heat stress (UTCI > 32 °C), which negatively affects health problems. The analysis showed that the most extreme thermal and biothermal conditions, in terms of heat stress, occur under southern and eastern anticyclonic circulation. The CTIS analysis showed that favorable weather conditions for most of tourism activities are noticed in the warm half-year. The usefulness of weather conditions for tourism can vary depending on atmospheric circulation.
Highlights
The impact of heat stress on humans can be assessed using the index of heat days (Tmax > 30 ◦ C), including the evaluation of their frequency and changes in the multiannual period
The results presented in the study indicate that the region of Kłodzko Land is characterized by a significant temporal variability of climate conditions in the context of their influence on health and tourism issues
The research showed that one of the most important weather factors is heat stress, for which a rising tendency was observed for both indices—heat days and Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI)
Summary
The goal of this paper was to evaluate the impact of weather conditions on tourism-related conditions and their changes in the multiannual period. The goal of this paper was to assess the main features of tourism-climate conditions in the tourism region of Kłodzko Land with a special consideration of heat stress and tourism indices
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