HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2022, Vol. 61 ›› Issue (15): 67-74.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2022.15.010

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Climatic analysis and division of ecological tourism resources in Hubei Province

TAN Jing, CHEN Zheng-hong, CHEN Ying-ying, JIA Wen-qian, KUANG Xin   

  1. Hubei Provincial Meteorological Service Center, Wuhan 430205,China
  • Received:2021-09-06 Online:2022-08-10 Published:2022-08-25

Abstract: Using the conventional meteorological data from 82 national meteorological observatories in Hubei Province for the past 60 years, the characteristics of tourism climate resources in Hubei Province were analyzed, and tourism suitability was divided. Based on the human comfort index, the daily and monthly comfort index of every county and city in the province was calculated, and the climate regionalization for tourism suitability in the province was carried out. The results show that the annual comfort duration of Hubei Province is 5~8 months, the mountain area is higher than the plain, the west is higher than the east, and the distribution of comfort days in four seasons shows obvious seasonal characteristics. Hefeng County, Xuan'en County in Enshi Prefecture and Xingshan in Yichang City have the highest annual comfort duration of 8 months. The regions with more comfortable days are located in the western mountainous areas, reaching more than 200 days, and the maximum is 217 days in Hefeng County, Enshi Prefecture. The best number of comfortable days is 120 days in Lichuan County, Enshi Prefecture. Xianning City is the most comfortable area in eastern Hubei. According to the suitable months for tourism, the province is divided into two major regions: summer half year and spring and autumn comfort, and spring and autumn comfort can be further divided into three sub-regions: spring and autumn extension, late spring and early autumn and late spring and autumn. In the western mountainous areas with higher altitudes, summer is cool and comfortable, and the conditions for summer escape are very superior. Spring and autumn are warm and comfortable in the wide range of low mountains, hills and Jianghan Plain in the central and eastern parts of Hubei Province, which are the best seasons for tourism. Although the province's overall cold conditions in winter are poor, skiing, hot springs, rime and other resources are rich, which are suitable for tourism activities. In general, the time span of the tourism climate resources in Hubei Province is long, the suitable tourism areas are wide, the types are diverse, and the tourism resources are very rich.

Key words: climate resource for tourism, climatic comfort, climatic division, Hubei Province

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