世界生态旅游区划

World ecotourism regionalization

生态旅游区划是揭示全球尺度生态旅游资源与生态旅游业空间布局的重要手段,有助于从整体上把握世界生态旅游的发展。本文在探讨生态旅游区划定义与理论依据的基础上,提出生态旅游区划的理论基础是地域分异规律与生态学原理,并根据全局谋划、综合分析、主导因素、与行政区协调、兼顾自然区划等原则,将世界生态旅游地域系统划分为6个生态旅游洲、29个生态旅游大区、71个生态旅游区以及若干生态旅游地。文章还对各洲的生态旅游特点进行了阐述。

Ecotourism regionalization is one of the important means in describing the spatial pattern of ecotourism resources and ecotourism industry at global level, which is helpful to the whole understanding of the world＇s ecotourism development. This paper discussed the definition and theoretical bases of ecotourism regionalization, suggested that ecotourism regionalization should be on the bases of regional differentiation pattern and ecological theory, and classified the world eeotourism regional system into 6 ecotourism continents, 29 ecotourism districts, 71 ecotourism zones, and a number of ecotourism destinations in the light of the principles of overall planning, synthetic analysis, principal factors, and assorting with both administrative district and natural zone. The characteristics of ecotourism for each ecotourism continent were also expatiated.