Investigating the Impact of Weather Hazards on the Number of Iranian Tourists in order to Foresight the Tourism of Isfahan City

The tourism industry is one of the most important economic activities that plays an important role in the development of cities and has grown significantly in recent years. This industry is sensitive to weather changes and any change in weather affects the quantity and quality of this industry. Isfahan is considered one of the important tourist destinations and has always been threatened by weather hazards; Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the impact of weather hazards on the number of Iranian tourists in Isfahan city. In this regard, from the total precipitation data, the absolute minimum temperature, the absolute maximum temperature, the maximum 24-hour precipitation, the number of days with dust, the number of days with frost, the air quality index and the statistics of the number of tourists in Isfahan city during the statistical period of 2008-2019 in the scale Used monthly. First, using linear regression and Pearson's correlation, the relationship between the studied hazards and the number of tourists was investigated. In the following, their relationship was done with one-month, two-month and one-year delays. The results of the conducted studies indicate that dust, extreme heat, drought and air quality index in hot months and extreme cold, heavy rain and dust in cold months have an effect on the number of tourists. On an annual scale, Farin colds, Farin heats and freezing days have affected the number of tourists in almost all the studied years. The study of the studied time series also indicates the effect of freezing days, freezing temperatures, freezing temperatures, dust and air quality index on the number of tourists.