Study of Climatic Conditions for Tourism Development by the Aid of a TCI Index (The Studied Case: Kohkiloye Boyerahmad Province)

Climate is an important consideration for planning and management of tourist activities as it has a major effect on a tourist’s experience. The Tourism Climate Comfort Index (TCI)determines the suitability of a climate for tourism in a specified are a. TCI mainlyconsists of the following seven parameters: averages of maximum daily temperature for each month in terms of Celsius(T max); average daily minimum levels of humidity for each month as a percentage (RH min);average of daily temperatures for each month in terms of Celsius (DBT); average of daily humidity levels for each month in terms of percentage (RH mean); the average of daily total rainfall for each month in terms of millimeters (R), the average of records for daily wind speed for each month in terms of Km/ h (W), the average daily totalsunshine hours for each month (S), the daily average hours of sunlight (s) for each month. Calculations for these parameters are all made according to the relevant mathematicrelations and evaluations for these parameters are classified and e ntered into the GISenvironmen t , so that a climate profile for tourism is determined for different regions. This research has attempted to survey and evaluate the conditions for tourism in Kohkilouye and Boerahmad (K.B) province based on the TCI. The resul ts of this analysis using the TCI show that May and October have the best climatic conditions in K.B province and the months of January; February and December have the worst conditions for tourists