旅游空间结构是区域旅游发展状态的重要指示器,旅游系统各大要素在不同发展阶段的空间组合不同。合理组织和优化旅游空间结构是实现旅游可持续发展的重要手段。分析认为安徽省旅游空间结构经历了点状模式、放射模式,目前正处在放射与凝聚共存模式阶段。为实现旅游经济的均衡发展和旅游产业竞争力提升,提出重点开发建设淮河风情旅游带、皖江城市旅游带、徽文化旅游带和合黄联动旅游带四条旅游轴线,在现有三大旅游板块的基础上构建皖南国际旅游文化示范区、皖江城市带旅游区、合肥经济圈旅游区、皖北旅游区四大旅游板块,形成新的"点-轴-区"旅游空间格局。提出通过提高政府统筹能力、加大基础设施建设、加速旅游市场营销、加强人力资源开发、实现旅游可持续发展等对策来优化旅游空间结构,促进安徽省旅游经济的均衡发展和旅游产业竞争力的提升。

Spatial layout is very important in indicating the development of regional tourism. Spatial layout refers to the degree and status of spatial agglomeration which is caused by interaction of tourism economic entities within a certain range. It reflects tourism in terms of geography. It is the cumulative consequence of tourist activities and locations selection during the long-term tourism development. Since the spatial combination of important elements in tourism system varies in different development stages, reasonable organization and optimization of spatial layout are very significant in achieving sustainable development in tourism. This essay summarizes researches on the spatial layout of domestic tourism and finds that systematic researches on Anhui's spatial layout of tourism are rare. At present, regional tourism development is unbalanced because of disproportionate tourism resource distribution: in central and southern Anhui, tourism development is relatively mature, whereas in Northern Anhui, tourism just starts developing. The scale of "hot south, moderate center and cold north" in tourism still exists in Anhui. Spatial layout of tourism in Anhui province has undergone three stages: dot mode, radiation mode and now the radiation-and-integration mode. In order to achieve a balanced development of tourism economy and promote the competitiveness of tourism industry, it is proposed that the focus should be on the development of four tourism zones (including tourism zone along Huai River, urban tourism zone along Yangtze River in Anhui province, tourism zone of Hui Culture, as well as Hefei and Huangshan Mountain integrated tourism zone). Four more tourism zones (International Tourism and Culture Demonstration Zone in Southern Anhui, urban tourism zone along Yangtze River in Anhui province, Hefei Economy Circle Tourism Region and Tourism Region in Northern Anhui)can be established based on the present three, so that another "point-axle-region" tourism spatial pattern will be formed.