西藏温泉旅游资源开发潜力评价与开发策略

Assessing Development Potential of Hot Spring Tourism Resources in Tibet

西藏自治区拥有十分丰富的温泉旅游资源,但当前许多资源点还处于未开发状态,因此研究该区域温泉资源旅游开发具有十分重要的指导意义。本文科学分析了西藏温泉旅游资源的特征,从温泉资源价值、区域环境、区域开发综合条件三方面构建了一个包含25个指标的区域温泉旅游资源开发潜力评价体系,采取典型样本调查与区域综合分析相结合的研究方法,对西藏7个行政地区的温泉旅游资源开发潜力进行科学评价与区划,将7个地区分成高、中、低3个潜力区,其中高潜力区包括拉萨市、林芝地区、日喀则地区,中潜力区在昌都地区,低潜力区包括阿里地区、那曲地区、山南地区。最后提出西藏温泉旅游资源的总体开发策略包括加强温泉资源调查、保护旅游资源、择优开发等,并针对不同潜力区给出差异性的旅游发展策略。

There is abundant tourism resources in hot springs that have not yet been exploited in Tibet. Even lots of them are unknown to most of tourists. It is therefore of utmost importance to investigate the development potential of springs tourism resources over this area. In the presented work, the authors first systematically analyzed characteristics of hot springs tourism resources in Tibet. They are shown to be large in quantity and high in grade. From a perspective of their spatial distribution, there basically exists a relatively high spatial heterogeneity, showing more hot spring spots over the south than over the north, the east than the west. Based on analyses above and an empirical study, the authors developed an evaluation index system consisting of 25 indices about the development potential of regional hot spring tourism resources from three aspects--resource value, regional environment, and comprehensive development conditions. Meanwhile, the comprehensive development conditions were found to be the most important factor, which includes indices of regional economy development, tourist market, traffic conditions and government decisions. Second, through investigating a bunch of typical samples, the authors assessed different types of potentials for exploiting hot spring tourism resources for seven districts in Tibet based on the proposed evaluation index system. Results indicated that these districts could be classified into 3 categories ranging from high-medium-low development potentials. The high potential regions include Lhasa, Linzhi, and Rikaze, the medium potential region Changdu, following as the low potential regions involving Ali, Naqu, and Shannan. High potential regions were believed to have most comprehensive benefits and priority to be developed. Subsequently, strategies for developing hot springs tourism resources over the whole Tibet and different regions were discussed in detail. It was suggested that for the whole Tibet, it is particularly important to strengthen resource investigation and protection for rational development and utilization of hot spring tourism resources, giving priority to develop the spots with high grade hot springs and near traffic routes. Particularly, more attention should be paid to rational adjustment of the development mode for hot spring tourism resources. Some advices were given on making the most of advantages over the high potential regions where there are higher grade hot springs resources, better social and economic conditions and superior development conditions, such as adopting different development modes for different regions, promoting structure of current tourism products, enlarging hot springs functions, enhancing traffic systems, and encouraging community participation.