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| RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM IN XIANGHAI |
| WANG Guo-xia, TONG Lian-jun |
| Changchun Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130021, China |
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Abstract With the development of tourism, eco-tourism destinations, characteristic of inherent natural scenes and their beautiful eco-environment, are becoming one of the tourism focuses in the overall tourism attractions. With particular geographic characters which bring forth rich and colorful tourism resources, the sustainable development of Xianghai natural reserve at the state level, also a popular tourism site in northeast China, is significant both in regional economy and in the protection of ecological environment. Firstly, the author describes its general situation, which includes its geographic characteristics, the regional status of tourism industry and the analysis of necessity of sustainable development of Xianghai tourism, and then concludes that as to help the destitute area to develop economy and improve the environment protection, the tourism sustainable development is important. Secondly, the author analyses the potential abilities and the problems of sustainable development. Xianghai Natural Reserve can apply both the natural and cultural tourist products, but because the tourism plan falls behind the tourism development, the resources are wasted with few profits generated. What's more, the environment for tourists is destroyed to some degree. Lastly, the paper puts forward the countermeasures and proposals. A well-nurtured swamp environment takes effect on the sustainable development of tourism and ecological environment. The first way out emphasizes on its protection. While the second one emphasizes on how to promote the development of tourism and how to improve the people's living standard by developing the relevant industries of tourism industry, including how to tap the market, how to develop tourism by science and technology and how to develop the tourism service industry.
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Received: 15 July 2001
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2002, Vol. 17 
