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| TOURISM ECOLOGICAL COMPENSATION IMPLEMENTATION SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION OF SHENNONGJIA |
| MA Yong1, HU Xiao-ping2 |
1. Tourism Research Institute of Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China;
2. Department of Tourism Management, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu 215500, China |
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Abstract Shennongjia, as a typical region which has plenty of ecological elements, plays a major role in examination and implementation of ecological compensation. Meanwhile, in order to get rid of the embarrassing situation of "poverty in a resourceful place" and enhance comprehensive ecological value of Shennongjia, innovative ecological compensation mode should be made from the perspective of tourism development. Based on the analysis of the basis and typical significance of tourism eco-compensation of Shennongjia, this paper constructs the implementation system of tourism ecological compensation from four aspects including subject and object of tourism eco-compensation, standards of tourism eco-compensation, the mode of tourism eco-compensation and security system of tourism ecological compensation. Tourism as an intermediary of ecological compensation can be further decomposed into four aspects including Shennongjia local tourism administrative departments, tourist attractions, tourism businesses and related tourism projects. This paper argues that the standard of ecological compensation Shennongjia should include four aspects: the first compensation is local residents' damage caused in the process of ecological restoration; the second compensation is cost caused in ecological construction and maintenance; the third compensation is opportunity cost of local government and residents caused in the process of ecological protection; the fourth compensation is the ecological environment inherent value of ecosystem services. In addition, the authors calculate the specific criteria of tourism ecological compensation of Shennongjia. This paper argues the method of shennongjia tourism ecological compensation should be given priority to government financial compensation, supplemented by other compensation subject and other forms in the near future. In order to ensure the tourism ecological compensation, a security system of ecological compensation should be established from three perspectives including institutional mechanisms reform, establishment of monitoring and coordination mechanisms and improvement of relevant laws and regulations.
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Received: 09 June 2010
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2010, Vol. 25 
