Climate suitability of a semi-arid tourist destination First approach to an Argentine case
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The approach to the climate-tourism relationship has expanded through the discipline of Tourism Climatology, although experiences in Southern hemisphere destinations are scarce. This article evaluates the bioclimatic and tourism climate comfort of Mendoza, an international destination with a semi-arid climate representative of the Cuyo region. A quantitative approach based on direct indices was used: bioclimatic (thermo-hygrometric complex, thermo-anemometric complex and equivalent temperature) and tourism climate (Tourism Climate Index and Holiday Climate Index: Urban). For this, the monthly mean data of the last three available decades (1981-2010) were used. According to the results, summer is a critical time in terms of thermal comfort. However, according to tourism climate indices, the destination is suitable throughout the year, although the indices disagree as to the ideal time for tourism, making their applicability to destinations with a semi-arid climate questionable.
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