Study On Sustainable Use Of Geological Tourism Resources In Zhejiang Province

Zhejiang is a province abounding with tourism resources and tourism economies. Having enjoyed a twenty-year boom in tourism, it is now stepping into a key, new stage on its way to further development. In this new stage, how to fully take advantage of the resources, improve the quality of tourism products, realize the tourism industrial upgrades and help the balanced regional development become fairly important subjects. Geological tourism resources are playing key roles in the overall structure of Zhengjiang's tourism resources. An intensive exploration into the scientific exploitation and in-depth development of this particular type of resource will support the sustainable development of tourism industry and provide scientific evidences when making the overall strategies of exploiting the tourism resources.Based on the domestic and foreign researches, guided by the theories related to tourism geology and tourism and with the help of the census data of Zhejiang's tourism resource, this paper comprehensively analyzes the geological tourism resources, using methods including field investigation, statistical analysis, comprehensive analysis. Meanwhile, enlightened by the methods of quantitative evaluation of regional tourism resources, the author creatively brings in the concepts of resources reserves, resources abundance, resources quality and so on so forth into the paper, attempting to scientifically evaluate the structure, reserves features, quality and area distribution of the geological tourism resources in Zhejiang. Eventually, the author figures out five types of resources with comprehensive advantages by comparing integrated quality level, namely mountain landscape tourism resources, strata and mine relics tourism resources, topography of lakes, rivers and canyons, Karst caves tourism resources, and cost and island tourism resources.Considering the problems widely existing in the development and exploitation of geological tourism resources, including the insufficient knowledge about resources, a lack of the integration and reconstruction of space, unreasonable products structure and the uncreative utilization forms, the author of this paper proposes development strategies that we should focus on the five types mentioned above in this new stage, that we should make best use of tourism resources' comprehensive advantages for its role in brand-building and attractions-building, that we should perfect the special distribution of tourism resources, adjust the functional structure of tourism products, develop new products and explore the new way of exploiting resources. Furthermore, the paper aims to put forward the creativity-oriented strategies of developing and exploiting the Five Type, to bring the overall use of geological tourism resources to a higher level, and to offer scientific guidances for the sustainable use of tourism resources in Zhejiang in order to boost the province's tourism industry and make breakthroughs.At last, in the case study of Mount Yandang concerning in-depth development and exploitation of geological tourism resources, the author of this paper shows the new idea of in-depth exploitation of geological tourism resources, suggests the brand enhancement strategies and environment protection measures. All these will benefit Yan Dang Mountain World Geopark's sustainable development and will also be a fortune to the scientific use of other geological tourism resources in Zhejiang Province.