Evaluation of the Tourism Climate Index in the Canary Islands
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School of Architecture, Universidad Europea de Canarias, 38300 La Orotava, Spain
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Centro de Investigación Atmosférica de Izaña, Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, 28071 Madrid, Spain
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Independent Researcher, 28001 Madrid, Spain
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Sustainability 2021, 13(13), 7042; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137042
Received: 20 May 2021
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Revised: 15 June 2021
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Accepted: 18 June 2021
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Published: 23 June 2021
In this study, we performed a diagnostic and evolutive analysis of the bioclimatology of the Canary Islands, an Atlantic archipelago where the climate itself is a main feature promoting tourism. Among all the tourist-climate indices described in the literature, we evaluated the most widely used, which is the Tourism Climate Index (TCI) proposed by Mieczkowski (1985). Monthly mean TCI time series were calculated using meteorological data from the Spanish State Meteorological Agency database and the European Climate Assessment and Dataset. Our results show TCI values greater than 50 during almost every month in the period 1950–2018, with mean values over the entire time series between 70 and 80. According to the TCI classification scheme, these values correspond to a very good thermal comfort along all of the period. Our results also point to spring as the season with the best TCI, with maximum values around 80 for this index in April—excellent according to the TCI classification. However, we did not find a correlation between inbound arrivals and the TCI index, which might point to a lack of information available to tourists. This opens an opportunity for policymakers and tour operators to better publicize the best seasons for holidays in the islands.
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Keywords:
tourism; climate; tourism climate index; air quality; weather
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Alonso-Pérez, S.; López-Solano, J.; Rodríguez-Mayor, L.; Márquez-Martinón, J.M. Evaluation of the Tourism Climate Index in the Canary Islands. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7042. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137042
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Alonso-Pérez S, López-Solano J, Rodríguez-Mayor L, Márquez-Martinón JM. Evaluation of the Tourism Climate Index in the Canary Islands. Sustainability. 2021; 13(13):7042. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137042
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlonso-Pérez, Silvia, Javier López-Solano, Lourdes Rodríguez-Mayor, and José M. Márquez-Martinón. 2021. "Evaluation of the Tourism Climate Index in the Canary Islands" Sustainability 13, no. 13: 7042. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137042
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