基于时间路径的旅游流研究方法

A Tourist Flow Research Method Based on Time Path

旅游流是旅游现象的基本表现,目前其所应用的研究方法主要为定性分析法、计量统计法、空间分析与数理模型结合法、社会网络法以及其他方法 5种类型。这些方法存在着明显的不足:理论上无法解释时间要素对旅游流的影响机理,实践上无法指导景区客流的动态管理。以时间地理学为基础的旅游者行为研究,强调"时间"维度的引入,为旅游流研究提供了一个新的方法——基于时间路径的旅游流研究方法。这一方法,以时刻为横轴、以移动时间为纵轴来建立坐标系,以此对特定游览空间内旅游者时间使用分配情况进行可视化表达,可为旅游流宏观群体研究和微观个体研究的整合提供可能,并对景区客流的动态管理实践产生直接指导作用。

Tourist flow is commonly considered as the basic manifestation of tourism phenomenon. The main research methods applied currently include the qualitative analysis, the statistical analysis, a spatial and mathematical model, the social network analysis and so on. However, the authors find that these methods have obvious deficiencies which could neither keep pace with the transformation of the research perspective from group to individual behaviors concerning time factor, nor offer guidelines on the scenic spots management practices on micro level. The tourist behavior research method, based on time- geographical science, introduces time dimension, provides a new way to study tourist flow research based upon time path. The authors applied this method to build a coordinate system with time as the horizontal axis and moving duration as the ordinate axis to represent the temporal allocation of tourists in specific areas with visualization. It helps to integrate the researches focused on macroscopic or microscopic individuals, and contributes to provide a guidance function not only for the academic circles but also for the specific management practices in scenic spots.