Abstract:

Yantai is a “China Excellent Tourism City”，with rich tourist resources. The climate in each region is very different because seashore, inland, hill and mountain cross. The assessment of climate conditions and tourism climatic resources provide evidence for travel development planning and choice of tourism time. Major climate factors were analyzed such as air temperature and relative humidity in Yantai. The results demonstrated that there were abundant sunshine and suitable climate in this region, that it was not dry and cold in winter and not wet and hot in summer. Based on the people comfort index, the best tourism period in Laizhou and Yantai urban districts were April, May and October, while it was May and October in rest region. There were 5 months of suitable climate for tourism in Laiyang and Zhaoyuan, 6 months in rest area. It was hot from July to August in Laizhou, Longkou and Zhaoyuan, so tourism was unsuitable. However, compared with intense heat in other area，it was cool and comfortable in Yantai, due to abundant natural bathing place, suitable humidity and sea breeze, and human body's comfortable degree in Yanai was even higher than that in Qingdao. In the sight of tourism for spending summer, optimal tourism period was July and August in Yantai. Because of the cold weather from December to February next year, human body felt uncomfortable and tourism activity was unsuitable to be developed.