ANALISIS INDEKS KENYAMANAN IKLIM (Studi Kasus: Taman Wisata Jatim Park 2 dan Karangkates)
Tourism sector is one of the main economic sectors in many countries including Indonesia. Climate comfortability is one of key element that should be considered at tourist destination as climate condition can determine tourism activity. This research is proposed to analyze the comfortability level of Jatim Park 2 and Karangkates Park based on three comfortability indexes, namely: Tourism Climate Index (TCI), Holiday Climate Index (HCI) and Temperature Humidity Index (THI). The analysis is specifically emphasized to evaluate the sensitivity of each method. The results based on TCI and HCI showed that Jatim Park 2 is more comfort than Karangkates Park. Meanwhile, the THI showed that both parks can be classified into good climate comfortability. Seasonally, the HCI showed that comfortable climate condition in the study area occurs in dry season. The sensitivity test for HCI and TCI suggested that HCI is considered better to be applied in the tropical area which has relatively high rainfall and temperature. While, TCI is sensitive to the application of determined rainfall rating. Thus, the TCI should be carefully applied for a region which has relatively high rainfall and temperature, and the rainfall rating may need to be adjusted accordingly.