The use of webcam images to determine tourist-climate aptitude: favourable weather types for sun and beach tourism on the Alicante coast (Spain).

International Journal of Biometeorology
Emilio Martínez Ibarra

Abstract

Climate has an obvious influence on tourism as a resource and as a location factor for tourist activities. Consequently, the tourist phenomenon in general is heavily controlled by meteorological conditions-in short, by the climate. In this article, the author proposes a set of weather types with which to establish the climate aptitude for sun and beach tourism. To determine these types, the density of use of one of the beaches with the lowest seasonality in continental Europe, the Levante Beach in Benidorm (Alicante, Spain), was analysed. Beach attendance was monitored using a webcam installed by the "Agencia Valenciana de Turismo". The relationship between the density of use of the lower and upper beach areas on the one hand, and meteorological variables on the other, allowed comfort (physiological equivalent temperature) and enjoyment (fractions of solar radiation) thresholds to be established. The appropriate hydric comfort values were obtained by comparing the ranges proposed by Besancenot in 1989 [Besancenot (1989) Clima et turismes. Massom, París] with numbers of visitors to the beach. The wind velocity and precipitation thresholds were selected following consultation with the literature and considering the climatic chara...Continue Reading

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Apr 27, 2013·International Journal of Biometeorology·M Belén Gómez-MartínEmilio Martínez-Ibarra
Nov 1, 2016·International Journal of Biometeorology·Micah J Hewer, William A Gough
Apr 9, 2014·International Journal of Biometeorology·C R de Freitas
Mar 29, 2014·International Journal of Biometeorology·Michelle Rutty, Daniel Scott
Aug 7, 2019·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Alesia FergusonHelena M Solo-Gabriele
May 12, 2017·International Journal of Biometeorology·Micah J HewerWilliam A Gough
Aug 15, 2020·International Journal of Biometeorology·Domingo F Rasilla Álvarez, Sonia Crespo Barquín

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