Using GIS to Determine the Tourism Climate Index in Naeen

Naeen is located in East of Isfahan. It has the hot and arid climate. This area has natural and cultural attractions, it has a high potential in attracting visitors. But this potential has not been well exploited. To promote tourism in this area, we need to specify proper times and places for visitors. Among the visitors’ basic needs knows about the climate and proper times for traveling. In this study, proper times and places for visitors have been specified through using Tourism Climate Index (TCI) and GIS potential in interpolation, generalizing point data to scatter data and combining maps. The findings of this study indicate that the best time of year to attract visitors to this area is October, April and may. January, February, June, July and August are the worst months.