One of the pieces of information needed for tourists to travel to mountainous areas is the climatic conditions of the destination. Most tourists pay attention to the climatic conditions of the region when choosing a travel destination. In order to study the effect of climatic elements on human thermal comfort conditions, it is necessary to use human comfort indicators. In mountainous areas, climatic variables such as temperature, humidity, wind, sunshine hours and precipitation together create climatic conditions that affect tourism widely. Studying these conditions can provide tourists with the ability to make reliable decisions. The data used in this study include the data related to the average daily temperature, precipitation, wind speed, sunshine hours, water vapor pressure, relative humidity, which was collected from the meteorological station of Ilam province. To analyze the data, first the months are divided into three decades and then the tourist climate calendar is prepared and adjusted for this station by considering the climatic comfort indicators and the PMV method. The results show that the climatic comfort zone in Ilam station considering the studied climatic parameters except for relative humidity in June, July, August and September, which are the best conditions for tourists in Ilam.

Keywords: Climate tourism, Climate comfort index, PMV index, Ilam Province.

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