On Developments of Meteorological Services for Tourism in Ningbo

This paper gives an introduction to the Ningbo’s meteorological service system for tourism including the design, technical framework and key technologies in applications. The system consists of three main parts, namely the short-term weather forecasts, tourism index forecasts and weather warning. The composite index of the system was set up based on an overall consideration of weather-related factors on travel, and helped to develop a new model for tourism weather services. The service products are issued via Internet and short messages, which provides important supports for the local tourism and has been proved being effective.