荔波喀斯特世界遗产地旅游者价值取向与遗产保护利用研究

Study on the Value Orientation of Tourists and Heritage Conservation and Development in the Libo Karst World Natural Heritage Site

旅游者对荔波喀斯特遗产地最为看重和最为满意的景观要素是良好的河流水质、茂密的森林和奇特的地形地貌,对旅游解说中的历史文化知识和喀斯特科普知识也比较重视。从旅游者价值取向的角度,对荔波喀斯特遗产地当前旅游开发中存在的主要问题提出了相应的对策和建议。

World Heritage is top tourist attraction.Protection and use of World Heritage are usually practiced from the angle of decision makers or experts.However,as the principal consumer of tourism product of World Heritage,tourists＇ value orientation can influence to great extent the rational use and protection of tourist attractions in a given World Heritage site.With a special reference to South Guizhou＇s Libo Karst,the authors,by the method of questionnaire survey,have examined in 2007 the tourists＇value orientation over the major issues in tourism development in the World Heritage sites of China.The research indicates that tourists attach most importance to and are most satisfied with the maintenance of high-quality river water,thick karst forest,and unique karst landforms,and also are curious of the tourist interpretation service about the knowledge of local history,culture,and karst.In the end,the authors put forward some suggestions with regard to the issues of the declining river water quality and the poor tourism interpretation service in Libo Karst World Heritage site.