ZHONG Lin-sheng1, XIAO Du-ning2, ZHAO Shi-dong1
(1.Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China;
2.Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS, Shenyang 110015, China)
Abstract: The conception and principles of ecotourism suitability evaluation are raised according to the definition of ecotourism in this paper. And Wusuli river national forest park is taken as a case for explaining the method of evaluation. Firstly, the impact factors of ecotourism suitability evaluation are determined. Then their relative weights are assigned with Analytic Hierarchy Process. Statistical analysis with Geographical Information System reveals only 1814.76 ha (7.9%) of the total area are most suitable for ecotourism exploitation, 623.44 ha (2.7%) are moderately suitable, 12 209.00 ha (53.1%) are suitable, and 2614.76 ha (11.36%) are marginally suitable. Finally, the thesis puts forward some suggestions by taking into considerations of different values of ecotourism suitability.
Keywords: Ecotourism suitability; evaluation; forest park
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