Evaluation of ecotourism development in rural regions of China

The current status of ecotourism in rural China was analyzed in this paper.Empirical surveys covering the whole country indicate that ecotourism in rural China has attracted a large number of tourists who,however,didn't generate revenues that can match the number.Although the environmental quality of those rural ecotourism destinations is high with little negative impacts,several problems have already appeared,suggesting a need to monitor those areas.The current practice of interpretation in most rural ecotourism destinations did not provide environmental education opportunities to the tourists.And local communities need more effective ways to decide on the prospects of local ecotourism development by themselves.Finally,a few recommendations for improving the sustainability of ecotourism destinations were provided.

Suitability evaluation of regional coastal ecotourism based on SOM neural network model: a case study of Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai and Rizhao of Shandong Province

Development of coastal ecotourism has been a focus of Shandong government, and the suitability evaluation of regional coastal ecotourism is crucial for the reasonable plan and sustainable development of Shandong coastal ecotourism. By using MATLAB language to establish a SOM neural network model, this paper evaluates the coastal ecotourism suitability of four regions, Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai and Rizhao of Shandong Province and divides 33 subordinate regions of those four cities into four categories, i.e. regions poorly suitable for ecotourism resources, regions highly suitable for coastal ecotourism, regions secondly suitable for coastal ecotourism, regions ordinarily suitable for coastal ecotourism. Related suggestions on development of regional coastal ecotourism have been given in the final conclusions.

The Role of Ecotourism Potentials in Ecological and Environmental Sustainable Development of Miankaleh Protected Region

Protected areas are considered as suitable environments for tourism development where the performance of tourism, consumer, and economic activities consistent with each region based on total management plan provides the context for sustainable tourism development. Therefore, the aim of the present study1 was to explore the role of ecotourism potentials in the environmental development of Miankaleh Protected Region using a descriptive, analytical, survey method. It also aimed to examine factors affecting sustainable tourism development in the region under study. The data were collected using documentation and library techniques, field methods, questionnaires, note taking, observation, and conducting interviews with people, tourists, and authorities in charge of ecotourism development. The research population included people living in Noushahr, of whom 384 families, 30 experts, and 100 tourists were selected as the respondents in the research sample using Cochrane formula. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, and Spearman test through SPSS. The results of the study showed that there was a significant relationship between ecotourism potentials, environmental, economic and sociocultural development in the region under study.

Evaluation of tourism climate comfort in the Grand Shangri-La region

The Grand Shangri-La(GSL) region has strong international tourist appeal. GSL has considerable international eco-tourist potential as well as being attractive for leisure, vacation, health, explorative, and scientific research activities in addition to high-end tourism experiences. These factors could promote the development of its regional tourism. GSL has been identified as a key area for tourism development in China. In this study, we investigated tourism climate conditions in GSL from 1980 to 2016 using a tourism climate index(TCI). We found that through global warming, the number of annual and monthly good-weather days, as assessed with the TCI, showed an increase over most of GSL;that trend was especially true for very good, excellent, and ideal days. The optimal travel period was May–October. We obtained the same result using cluster heat maps, in which we categorized 31 studied meteorological stations into eight types. However, heavy rainfall tended to occur during that optimal period, and it was concentrated at certain times. The annual total number of comfortable days greater than 300 was mainly located in southern GSL. We observed significant correlations between monthly and annual excellent and ideal days with latitude and elevation;in particular, we identified a significant nonlinear correlation between excellent(and ideal) days and elevation.

Analysis on Development Potential and Development Measures of Nanchong Ecotourism

Ecotourism is a new type of tourism characterized by unique ecological environment as the main landscape and a new trend of sustainable development of tourism industry.Nanchong region is one of the potential areas for developing ecotourism in Sichuan Province,and its potential for ecotourism is evaluated as the basis of realizing the sustainable development of industries in Nanchong region.The AHP is used to evaluate and then study the Nanchong region as per the evaluation result,so as to propose the measures and suggestion of developing ecotourism in Nanchong region.

Study on the ecotourism model of ethnic areas in western Sichuan Province under the comprehensive tourism strategy:a case of Zoige County

The ethnic areas of western Sichuan Province are characterized by complicated topography,seismic active zone,serious soil erosion,fragile eco-environment,low level of economy,and so on.Periphery regions and central regions appear in western Sichuan Province.The socio-economic development in the central regions is at high level,whereas the ethnic areas are generally at lower level.Moreover,the deterioration of the eco-environment has seriously restricted the development of traditional industries in the ethnic areas and it is necessary to develop environment-friendly and resource-saving industries.The ethnic areas of western Sichuan Province are rich in tour-ism resources,and have the potentiality of developing ecotourism.Advantages of tourism resources in the ethnic areas should be made full use of,and "comprehensive tourism" is the requirement of the characteristics and the status quo of the ethnic areas.The "comprehensive tourism development model" has the functions of ecotourism on the key industry.Based on the demands and the interaction among different industries,the model can accelerate the development of related-industries,such as eco-agriculture,eco-industry,eco-tertiary industry,and so on.Through implementing the comprehensive tourism model,we can fully utilize the advantages of ethnic areas,and promote the rapid and sustainable growth of regional economy,and also the harmonious development of economy,environment and society.

乡村数字经济发展对生态旅游的影响--基于中国26个省份的异质性分析

论文从乡村生态旅游入手,利用2011—2020年我国26个省份的面板数据,构建面板回归模型,探讨乡村数字经济发展对生态旅游的作用效果,并对其进行稳健性检验和区域异质性分析,为生态价值转化提供决策参考。研究结果表明:(1)乡村数字经济发展对生态旅游具有正向促进作用,稳健性检验后结论依然成立。控制变量中,社会经济发展水平和旅游业接待设施水平对生态旅游发展具有正向促进作用。(2)从区域差异来看,东部和中部乡村数字经济发展对生态旅游均有显著的正向影响,且中部地区乡村数字经济发展对生态旅游的影响最大。为促进乡村生态旅游发展,实现生态产品价值转化提出以下政策启示:(1)加大乡村数字基础设施建设投入力度,优化升级乡村数字基础设施建设;(2)因地制宜制定乡村生态旅游产业政策,推动乡村数字经济与生态旅游产业深度融合;(3)实施乡村生态旅游业向社会资本全方位开放战略,引进外来资本、技术、人才和先进管理经验。

生态旅游助力区域经济发展研究

生态旅游发展需根植于区域经济发展的体系之中才能发挥前者的助力功能。在对当前研究述评基础上,分析了生态旅游助力区域经济发展所面临的挑战在于:市场运行机制扭曲、行政管理失范、交通运输失速、品牌识别动力机制式微。进而提出生态旅游发展的助力功能路径为:制订区域生态旅游发展中长期规划、以市场机制引导区域内外要素供给、规范政府经济行为加强产业间协同、基于价值链视角打造区域路网格局、以生态旅游品牌创建区域商业文化。

湖南武陵山区生态旅游与区域发展耦合协调时空演化

【目的】生态旅游与区域发展的协调发展对践行国家生态文明建设、实现地方可持续发展有着重要的意义,研究二者间的共生关系可为促进当地生态旅游的有序发展、实现区域的高质量发展提供科学依据。【方法】以熵权法确定指标权重,采用基于湖南武陵山区特征构建的生态旅游与区域发展耦合协调评价体系,通过加权法和耦合协调度模型,测算了37个县区2014—2020年的生态旅游和区域发展综合水平评价指数,并分析了两个系统间的耦合协调时空演化特征。【结果】(1)湖南武陵山区生态旅游发展水平整体偏低,呈现出波动上升的趋势,其空间格局表现为重点县区突出、四周高、中部低,整体变化不大,具有较高的发展潜力;(2)区域发展水平相对较高,呈“S”型上升态势,空间格局上由北高、南低转变为西北高、东南低,最后演化成西北高、南部少数地区低的分布状态,总体处于快速发展阶段;(3)耦合度呈倒“V”字形变化,两个系统的耦合度极高,联系密切且处于有序发展阶段;(4)耦合协调度呈“V”字形小范围浮动上升,两个系统的耦合协调程度较低,变化主要集中在中度失调、轻度失调和濒临失调3种类型县区。【结论】湖南武陵山区生态旅游与区域发展存在着显著的非同步性,其中生态旅游滞后型的县区数量占主导。基于此,针对三类县区提出了差异化的发展建议,以期促进区域的可持续发展。

生态环境保护与旅游业发展协同推进研究

生态环境是旅游业绿色发展的基本要求,环境的优劣直接影响到旅游业的发展。当前黄河流域在实现旅游业绿色发展目标方面存在冲突抵消效应,而以模糊集定性比较分析(fsQCA)方法,从组态视角分析2014年和2019年黄河流域生态环境保护与旅游业发展之间的关系,发现:(1)单一的生态环境保护并不构成旅游业绿色发展的必要条件,影响因素间交互组合是实现黄河流域生态环境保护与旅游业发展协同推进的最优选择;(2)对比旅游生态环境保护政策提出前后二者协同推进组合路径的变化,由2014年的2条组合路径转变为2019年的1条组合路径,且增加了3个核心条件;(3)无论是促进旅游业发展还是减缓旅游业发展均不存在唯一的组合形式,模式具有多元性;(4)旅游生态环境保护政策提出后,一定程度上削弱了旅游业发展速度,但其组合模式逐步趋向多元化。基于组态视角发现,配合旅游生态环境保护政策,可以有效降低旅游业污染强度,能够帮助实现旅游绿色发展的目标。

乡村振兴视角下陕南地区生态旅游融资模式研究

乡村振兴作为现代化经济体系建设的重要内容之一,其在经济发展中发挥着极为重要的作用。陕南地区有着丰富的生态旅游资源和独特的自然地理环境,旅游业带动经济发展的优势显突,但由于陕南地区受到旅游资本的限制,导致其旅游资源未能形成规模开发态势,旅游资源优势未能转化为经济发展优势。基于此,本文在乡村振兴战略的大背景下,针对陕南地区生态旅游发展的背景及融资现状进行分析,发现其存在生态旅游产业投资巨大、投资主体单一、融资方式单一、融资模式陈旧、融资效率低下,生态旅游融资难的问题;并通过对陕南地区生态旅游融资方式现状研究,运用PPP融资模式、BOT融资模式等融资相结合的方式来解决融资难的问题。找出适合陕南地区生态旅游业的融资渠道,以解决融资难题,促进陕南地区生态旅游业的健康发展。

生态视角下旅游活动的环境承载力影响及评价研究——以湖北省随州市为例

旅游产业的发展在产生经济效益的同时,亦对旅游开发所在地的生态环境构成一定影响。以湖北省旅游资源较丰富且新接入高铁网的随州市为例,通过建立旅游承载力评价综合指标体系,构建“自然生态空间—旅游开发环境—社会经济发展”三个维度的生态承载力综合评价模型,使用GIS空间分析,对随州市旅游环境承载力进行可视化分析与评估。结果表明:(1)随州市生态旅游的整体发展水平一般,受自然资源本底和社会经济投入影响力较大的区域集中在曾都区市域及随南地区。(2)受旅游开发环境影响较大的地区与景区分布高度相关,而受社会经济发展影响的地区则与交通设施、人口密度相关。(3)综合评价结果表明,生态良好区域的旅游开发对生态承载力不会造成较高影响;生态较弱且经济投入较大的区域,生态承载力受到的影响较大。最后,从国土空间开发和旅游管理两个方面提出应采取差异化开发模式,实现旅游产业的因地制宜发展。

世界生态旅游区划

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。

国内生态旅游与区域可持续发展关系研究

以国内外学者关注的"生态旅游与区域可持续发展关系"为研究领域,根据生态旅游概念相对宽泛的特点,选择国内学者研究成果,通过多级、多准则筛选,获得样本文献,并验证其科学性。文献分析发现:案例研究较多,相关案例区域集中在东部沿海;发表刊物以经济类最多,地理、旅游类较少;近5年来国内学者对生态旅游与区域可持续发展关系的研究开始形成稳定方向。研究总结了四个领域:生态旅游与区域可持续发展关系总论、生态旅游对区域可持续发展动力的贡献、生态旅游对区域可持续发展公平的贡献、生态旅游对区域可持续发展质量的贡献。国内研究文献认为生态旅游不仅对旅游业自身可持续发展具有重要作用,更是区域可持续发展的战略之一,尤其表现在生态旅游对经济增长的贡献和对区域公平发展的作用。存在问题和解决思路:生态旅游对区域可持续发展质量的贡献没有文献涉及,相关研究以定性描述为主,应加强生态旅游等数据统计与监测,丰富研究视角;区域合作研究较少,地理、旅游相关研究者应积极参与;微观单元较少涉及,应加大微观个体的案例研究。

山区生态旅游发展模式研究——以梅州阴那山旅游区为例

近20年来,生态旅游逐渐兴起并成为旅游发展的主流。山区具有别于其他地区的旅游发展模式,研究山区生态旅游发展模式对山区旅游发展具有积极和现实的意义。从生态旅游的概念和内涵出发,总结出山区生态旅游发展模式,并以广东省梅州市阴那山生态旅游发展为例,探讨资源品位不高、区位不佳、经济较薄弱的山区发展生态旅游的道路。

基于主体功能区的西藏生态旅游区划

西藏作为世界生态旅游目的地之一,拥有高原特色的自然生态旅游资源和人文生态旅游资源。大香格里拉生态旅游区的建设,使得生态旅游业已成为推动西藏跨越式发展的支柱产业之一。不同的生态旅游目的地,在生态旅游资源禀赋和生态旅游开展的环境在空间分布上具有一定的差异性。为了更客观地反映这种差异性,采取自上而下的方法,根据西藏生态功能区划和主体功能区划的方案,兼顾行政区划与生态系统协调性原则、遵循资源同质性原则、生态功能区划原则和注重生态文化性原则,对西藏的生态旅游资源进行了梳理和分类,采用四级区划分类单位系统,将西藏生态旅游目的地划分为3个生态旅游大区,即藏东南生态旅游大区、藏西北生态旅游大区、藏中南生态旅游大区;7个生态旅游区,即怒江源高原亚寒带半湿润高寒草甸生态旅游区、拉萨河流域文化生态旅游区、羌塘高原亚寒带半干旱草原生态区、阿里高原温带干旱荒漠生态区、藏东南山地热带雨林、季雨林生态旅游区、藏东高山深谷温带半湿润常绿阔叶林—暗针叶林生态旅游区、藏南山原宽谷温带半干旱灌丛草甸生态旅游区21个生态旅游地,若干生态旅游景区,并对各个生态旅游区进行了概述,为提升西藏生态旅游旅游发展和管理水平,促进生态旅游与文化、生态融合发展,实现西藏世界生态旅游目的地建设目标和生态旅游的可持续发展奠定基础。

北京沟域经济背景下山区生态旅游市场开发研究

近年来,山区沟域经济已经成为北京农村发展的新模式,实现了经济发展和生态保护双赢。北京山区县依托山区自然风光、人文遗迹、民俗文化和生态农业等资源,形成了以生态旅游业为龙头产业的经济形态。作为都市型现代农业发展的一种新形式,沟域经济在北京山区具有广阔的发展前景。笔者在分析北京沟域经济内涵和发展现状的基础上,从需求类型、需求动机、市场潜力等方面对北京山区生态旅游的市场需求进行了深入探讨,并从开发旅游产品、加大宣传力度、打开知名度等方面提出发展山区生态旅游的市场策略。

旅游者践踏对生态旅游景区土壤影响定量研究——以香格里拉碧塔海生态旅游景区为例

文章通过对云南省香格里拉县碧塔海生态旅游景区土壤、植被野外调查,实验室数据分析,构建景区旅游者对土壤践踏影响强度指标体系,建立旅游者沿游径横截面方向的正态分布模型,探寻景区旅游者分布与土壤践踏之间的规律并提出土壤践踏基础容量指标,以此反映自然状态下,生态旅游景区土壤因子对旅游者践踏的适应能力。研究结果将为景区的生态旅游环境管理提供理论依据。

江苏沿海生态旅游产品的开发

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