In this study, we tried to assess the future projection of the climate as a tourism resource in Gangwon region based on Tourism Climatic Index (TCI) and two RCP scenarios(RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) datasets. TCI combines ve climatic aspects relevant for outdoor tourism activity: daytime comfort(CID), average (or daily) comfort(CIA), sunshine(S), precipitation(P) and wind(W). The mean annual variation of TCI at most of stations shows bi-modal peak pattern, but the variation at Daegwallyeong shows unique summer peak pattern. During the 21st century, TCI in summer has distinct declining trend, and this tends to be more rapid in higher emission scenario(RCP8.5) than in lower emission scenario(RCP4.5). We found Daegwallyeong is expected to experience the most distinguished change in the late 21st century as annual variation pattern of TCI is likely to shift from summer peak to bi-modal peaks. Spatial distribution of the future TCI shows that maximum changes are likey to occur along high mountains(Backdudaegan), and summertime( June to September) climate conditions for tourism activities are expected to be increasingly deteriorated, while wintertime conditions are expected to be preferable more or less. It notes that magnitude of the change in RCP8.5 scenario estimates 2-3 times larger than in RCP4.5 scenario. To identify causes of the long-term TCI trends, we analyzed the contribution level of each sub-index to the trends. Consequently, it reveals that the most primary contributor is CID. However, CIA, P, and S also can highly contribute in some cases.

• 임창묵(APEC 기후센터) | Chang-Mook Lim
• 정일웅(강릉원주대학교 대기환경과학과) | Il-Ung Chung Correspondence