The Research On Sustainable Development Of Rural Tourism In Karst Areas

Karst areas are widely distributed in Southwest China,well-known for its formation with the open system of material and energy flow conversion at three-dimensional space in dual structure,the fragile ecosystems was formed with low environmental capacity and elasticity under the effect of "tri-state".The unique charming Karst scenery,danxia landform,ancient colorful minority culture and the mysterious massive accumulation of historical culture were formed and retained as a result of the close environment in Karst area,which become the great resources for developing rural tourism. The extensive development of Karst rural tourism turned out to be a series of external conflicts with the regional ecological environment,society and culture and the people with related interest,which would restrict the sustainable development of rural tourism in the Karst area seriously.Therefore,the study on the sustainable development of rural tourism in Karst area has great theoretical and practical significance.The thesis re-examines the conception of the sustainable development of rural tourism in Karst areas from the point of inherent relationship of sustainable development in regional rural tourism by combining the related researches from home and abroad fields,and also sums up the theoretical system of the sustainable development of rural tourism in Karst areas.And the theoretical framework of the sustainable development of Karst rural tourism is put forward systematically as well as the clear definition of the main content and multi-discipline way for the research on the sustainable development of Karst rural tourism form three perspectives of sustainable development concept,the system dynamics and community participation.On this basis,the paper takes Guizhou-a typical Karst region as a case for deep proof analyzes on the sustainable development of rural tourism.And through the above analysis and discussion,the strategies for the sustainable development of rural tourism in Karst areas are offered from the dual perspective of the macro and micro levels.Through the study, we could find that:(1) Karst rural tourism is a kind of rural tourism carried out based on its unique natural ecological environment,economic environment and socio-cultural environment,the development of which faces specific challenges and opportunities.Abundant natural resources, profound national culture and great fragile ecological environment,highly concentrated areas poverty are remarkable features for the areas.(2)The sustainable development of Karst rural tourism is a process of taking the Karst as a space,relying on the unique tourism resources of Karst,realizing the harmony of economic,social and ecological benefits according to the inherent requirement of sustainable development.(3) The system of Karst rural tourism is the coupling interactive dynamic system based on the participation under the specific environment of Karst,an analysis and optimization of which is just the analysis of rural tourism.The sustainable development in Karst rural tourism is just the problem of optimization and coexistence of branch-systems in the region.(4) The analysis and optimization of travel system,the conflict and coordination of the interests of the participants,coupling system of multi-dimensional goals,construction of the evaluation index system forms the multi-disciplinary,multi-method explanation for the research on sustainable development. (5) The core content of sustainable development of rural tourism in Karst is the harmonization between the economic sustainability of rural tourism,the social sustainability and ecological sustainability.(6) Using the evaluation index system as a way to analysis the typical Karst region-Guizhou Province with an empirical way and obtain the conclusion that the sustainability exists in Guizhou Krast areas.(7) The research on sustainable development of rural tourism in Karst needs the government's lead at macro level,and a micro-community of residents as the core of the full participation in the model system.At the same time,the interests of residents in the community should also be taken into full consideration as well as the residents' views into the tourism planning and government decision-making process,and the harmonious interest pattern could be achieved for mutual benefits coexistence between the main subjects.In summary,the main innovations in the thesis are as the follows:(1) provides a new perspective for the research on the development of rural tourism in Karst areas.(2) constructs an analysis framework for the sustainable development of rural tourism in Karst regions with the coupling of multi-discipline.(3) constructs the evaluation index system which applies for the sustainable development of rural tourism in Karst regions.(4) the realization of an integration between the theoretical research and real problems.In conclusion,the research is of strong practical significance for guiding the sustainable development for rural tourism and the resolution of "tri-agriculture" issues in Karst areas.