ISSN 1000-0526
CN 11-2282/P
CN 11-2282/P
Spatial characteristics and temporal variation of tourism climate in the Spring Festival in China
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Abstract:
The Spring Festival occurs between January 20th and February 26th, which is the golden week of tourism, bring high intensity tourism flow. The Spring Festival tourism show climate driven characteristics. The climate conditions during the Spring Festival is important to tourism. Human comfort index and trend analysis method were used to analyze the spatial pattern and temporal variation characteristics of favorable and unfavorable China"s tourism climate conditions in the Spring Festival. The results showed that during the Spring Festival, there is a significant north-south difference in occurred between January 20th and February 26th, during which the spatial pattern of temperature and precipitation in China showed significant north-south differences. The average temperature in most areas south of the Yangtze River was above 5 ℃, while in most parts of Heilongjiang and northeastern Inner Mongolia it was below -20 15 ℃. The precipitation was mainly concentrated in Jiangnan and the central eastern part of South China, with the northeastern part of Jiangxi exceeding 140mm. The number of human comfort day was more than 10 days in most parts of South China, Yunnan, and southern Sichuan, which was beneficial for winter resort. The number of snow cover day was more than 15 days in the majority of Northeast China, central and northeastern Inner Mongolia, and northern Xinjiang, which was conducive to ice-snow tourism. Precipitation and fog mainly affected tourism in southern China, while strong winds and cold weather mainly affected northern China. Since 1961, during the Spring Festival period, the average temperature in China has significantly increased, and the number of cold days and windy days has shown a significant decreasing trend. However, there has been no significant change in rainy days, foggy days, and snow covered days. The reduction of strong winds and cold days in most parts of China is conducive to Spring Festival tourism activities, especially for ice-snow tourism in north China. In the eastern part of South China, and most parts of Yunnan and southern Sichuan, the number of comfortable days has increased while the number of rainy and foggy days has decreased, which obviously improved winter resort tourism climate conditions. Overall, the climate conditions for winter resort and ice-snow tourism during the Spring Festival improves obviously, which is important for transforming climate resources into tourism economy and promoting the development of featured tourism in various regions.
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