Abstract：Under the background of the "Central China Downfall", it is crucial to study the phenomenon, structure, process & mechanism of Central-China Tourism Development in the geographical perspective to establish the tourism industrial status and its developmental orientation in the process of "Central China Uplift".
Based on the district location, the author divides China into four regions, induding East-China, Central-China, West-China and North-East-China. From the concept of "Central-China Tourism Downfall", the theoretical hypothetic model of which is constructed firstly. Then, some indicators, such as domestic tourism income and overseas tourism income, are extracted to be used to compare the gross tourism economy, the tourism developmental speed and its developmental level in the four regions. The study shows that all the indicators in Central-China are not inferior to the other districts, especially to West-China and North-East-China. So, the draft conclusion, the phenomenon and structure of "Central-China Tourism Downfall" do not exist, is obtained in this paper.
According to construction of the model about Regional Advantage, the indicators of regional advantage of geographical factors, such as regional tourism resources competitiveness, the tourism market, the spatial location, traffic accessibility and soft environment, are compared in the four regions. The results shows that even the advantages in the four regions are different, but Central-China is also not inferior to the other districts, and sometimes its advantages are very distinctive, especially compared with West-China and North-East-China. So, the draft conclusion, its substance foundation of "Central-China Tourism Downfall" do not exist, is obtained.
And then, from the interactive viewpoint of "Man-land relationship", the affecting intensity of the geographical factors and political factors are analyzed respectively. The results shows that the affecting intensity made by the former is greater than the later, tourism development is relied more on the geographical factors. So the final conclusion, "Central-China Tourism Downfall" does not exist on the scale of the whole nation, is made, its reason consists in the opening characteristic of tourist behaviors and its choices of tourism destination, which is weakly influence by the policies.
Finally, the tourism industrial status and its functions in the process of "Central China Uplift" are discussed in this paper.
马晓龙, 保继刚. “塌陷”背景下中部旅游发展的地理学透视[J]. 人文地理, 2008, 23(1): 80-87.
MA Xiao-long, BAO Ji-gang. GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRAL CHINA UNDER THE BACKGROUND OF “CENTRAL CHINA DOWNFALL”. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2008, 23(1): 80-87.
