Nhung Thu Nguyen, Bac Hoang. BIOCLIMATIC RESOURCES FOR TOURISM IN TAY NGUYEN, VIETNAM

DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.15407/ugz2016.03.033
Ukr. geogr. z. 2016, N3:33-38
Language of publication: 
English
Authors: 

Nhung Thu Nguyen - Institute of Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi;
Bac Hoang - Institute of Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi.

Abstract: 

The climate strongly influences human health and life, as well as the development of tourism activities. The climate is one of the criteria that defines the tourism development and it is also one of the factors that determines the success of travel agency. This paper refers to the relationships of climate factors and tourism in Tay Nguyen. This paper used data collected from 12 meteorological stations for the period 1980-2011 (31 years) and applied the assessment of bioclimatic model of Mieczkowski (1985) with an improvement from group of author Daniel Scott, Geoff McBoyle and Michael Schwartzentruber (2004). The results showed that tourism potential of Tay Nguyen is quite high, but traveling during the rainy season (summer) in Tay Nguyen is considered less advantageous than the dry season (winter) because of a large number of rainy days.

Key words: 
tourism bioclimatic resources, Thermal comfort zone, TCI method, Tay Nguyen
Pages: 
33-38
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