海合会国家旅游业及中国西部开发其旅游客源问题探讨

A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ATTRACTION OF THE TOURISTS FROM GCC COUNTRIES FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN WESTEM CHINA

海合会6国经济发达,人均国民产值和可支配收入居世界前列,出国旅游高速增长。6国旅游资源以沙漠、海洋和伊斯兰文化遗产、阿拉伯风情为特色。中国西部地区旅游资源不仅丰富,而且有大量海合会国家没有的精品旅游产品,对海合会国家游客有很强的吸引力。在自然环境、宗教文化等方面中国西部与六国还具有很强的相似性和连带性,公民在宗教信仰上具有共同点。因此,中国西部地区有着开发海合会国家旅游客源的条件,开拓海合会6国旅游市场,吸引海合会国家客源,对于中国西部地区的经济和旅游业发展具有重要意义。

Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf （GCC） countries, which include Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman Sudan, covering an area of about 2.66 l06 km2and having a population of 29 million, were mainly those of traditional farming, animal husbandry and fishery. However, petroleum exploiting and exporting have made them quickly become modem developed countries. Therefore, many countries all over the world are competing in attracting the tourists from the GCC, where the per capita GNP and disposable income occupy one of the front ranks in the world. The natural environment, religion and culture in Western China are similar and correlative to those of the GCC countries. As a result, Western China has preponderant conditions to attract visitors from the GCC. Exploitation of the GCC tourism market would bring important effects to the tourism and economic development in Western China.