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The Biometeorological Leaflet- Meteorological Information for Tourism Industry

The climate is an important tourism resource and therefore can be a basis for promotion of natural possibilities of tourist destinations. The article presents the proposal of the meteorological leaflet for tourism industry and stakeholders. It contains the graphical presentation of thermal, aesthetic and physical parameters important for tourists, presented clearly and simply so that everyone can understand. The analysis is performed for 10-day periods, a better information for the tourists who usually spend a week or two on holidays, rather than a month. In such a way they are informed about the weather they can expect during their holidays and vacations. It also enables to choose the most convenient period for holidays, depending on personal conditions and needs, from the summer tourism with sun and sea bathing, but also for health, recreation or sport purposes, depending on climate and bioclimate conditions during the other parts of the year. For example, elder and deceased people, who difficulty bear summer heat, could choose the period of pleasant biometeorological conditions that prevails mostly during spring and autumn, to take vacation with slow walks. For sportsmen, who prefer an active vacation, pleasant or even cool conditions would be more convenient than summer heat, when the organism has to spend energy for defence from heat. The thermal parameters are presented by means of the annual courses of mean, mean minimum and mean maximum temperatures as well at the sea temperatures, and the annual courses of the number of days with different air temperature characteristics. From the aesthetic parameters the annual course of the clear and cloudy days, insolation and cloudiness are analysed. The physical parameters are analysed by means of the annual courses of precipitation, number of days with precipitation and annual wind rose. Sometimes, for example especially for the sailors, the wind roses for seasons and different terms of observations can be presented separately. The analysis of biometeorological conditions is presented by means of distribution of thermal comfort during the year as well as the probability of occurrence of different thermal sensations calculated by means of the physiologically equivalent temperature (PET). For the winter tourism destination some snow parameters can be presented, such as the snow cover depth and duration.

Thermal sensation; Physiologically equivalent temperature; Climatological leaflet

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