Climate and Tourism

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Climate and Tourism
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Learning objectives

• 1 Understand the importance of latitude and the
  distribution of land and sea areas in
  determining climatic differences.
• 2 Be aware of the major climatic elements and
  explain how these affect the various types of
  recreational tourism.
• 3 Understand the problems of classifying world
  climatic zones.
• 4 Describe the distribution of world climates
  and their significance for tourism.

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Figure 4.1
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Climate and Tourism

• Introduction
• World Climate Scene
• Climatic Elements and Tourism
• World Climates

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Introduction

• Resource or constraint?
• Determines attraction, operation and seasonality
  of a destination

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World Climate Scene

• Climate is the long-term average of weather
  conditions at a destination
• Determined by
• Latitude
• Location of land and sea
• relief

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Climatic Elements and Tourism

• Temperature
• Humidity
• Sunshine
• Wind
• Precipitation
• Air quality

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Figure 4.2
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World Climates

• Humid tropics
• Hot dry
• Warm
• Cool temperate/continental cold winter
• Cold damp
• Cold dry
• Highland

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Figure 4.3