Tourism climatic comfort index for Solapur (Maharashtra)

S C Adavitot

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DOI: 10.53989/bu.ge.v8i1.5

Year: 2019, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-19

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Tourism climatic comfort index for Solapur (Maharashtra)

S C Adavitot¹

¹Professor & Head, Department of Geography, C.B.K’s B. Sci., R.V.Comm & R.J.Arts College, Akkalkot, 413216, Solapur, India

Received Date:15 January 2019, Accepted Date:24 May 2019

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Abstract

Tourism is a major sector of the global economy. Climate has a strong influence on the tourism and recreation sector and in some regions of the world constitutes the resource on which the tourism industry is predicated. The present paper aims to highlights the application of Mieczowski’s (1985) ‘Tourism Climate Comfort Index’ (TCI) for Solapur and its environ. Along with this Comset’s Comfort Index and Thom’s Discomfort Index. The Solapur District is laying on the south eastern border of Maharashtra has a large number of tourist places particularly religious and historical centers such as Akkalkot, Pandharpur, Tuljapur, Ganagapur, Solapur, Bijapur and Gulbarga in its vicinity. Lakhs of tourist are attracting towards these destinations.T he study area is located far away from the influence of maritime. For the present study data has been collected from Meteorological Dept. Pune and Agricultural Research center Solapur. The study reveals that according to E.C.Thom’s Comfort Index the Temperature Humidity Index (THI value for the months of Nov. (70.34), Dec. (66.69), Jan. (66.95) and Feb (71.45) shows comfortness for tourism, while Camuset Climate Comfort Index (CI) shows the months of Dec.(899.36), Jan. (2007.080) Feb (2351.08) and Mar.(951.41) were comfort months for tourism. As per Mieczkoski’s formula the TCI for the months of Nov (21), Dec.(31), Jan (31) and Feb. (28) are the comfort months for tourist to visit Solapur and its environ.

Keywords: Tourism; climate change; tourism comfort index

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