| Spatial analysis has been an important field of study in tourism geography, and while this field has been researched since the early 1970s in foreign countries, it didn't emerge as a significant field of tourism study until late 1980s in China. At present, tourist spatial analyses in China encompass researches on tourist spatial behavior, spatial structure of tourist landscape, spatial allocation of tourist region, spatial relationship of tourist supply and demand, spatial structure of tourist market, tourist spatial competition and cooperation, etc. However, studies on spatial organization of tourist activities based on nearest-neighbour analysis and on spatial organization of tourist destination system based on "Pole-axis tourism" theory have not emerged so far. This research paper aims at an indepth study of tourist spatial organization, based on on-the-spot investigations and analysis of papers and documents, with the application of such theories as tourist destination system, "Pole-axis tourism", patterns of tourist spatial behavior, marginal utility of tourist destinations, and nearest-neighbour analysis, together with related theories from Geography, Tourism, Economics, Architecture, Psychology, and Mathematics. The thesis consists of 5 chapters:Chapter 1, General Introduction, is an overview of the historical development of researches in tourism geography in the four major journals since 1980s. The four major journals – Geography Journal, Geography Research, Geography Science and Natural Resources Journal – are the four authoritative periodicals in China's Geography research. At present, tourist spatial analysis is an important field of study in tourism geography in China; however, only a few studies in this field from the perspective of tourist spatial organization and using grassland tourist region as the subject of case study are found. Against such background, the author put forward his object of study and methods of research.In Chapter 2, Related Basic Theory and Research Method, the author sets out with an explication of the implications, effects and characteristics of tourist destination system theory and "pole-axis theory". He then explores the patterns of tourist spatial behavior in foreign countries and in China. Thirdly, from the perspective of economics, the author analyzes the implications and the mathematic modal of marginal utility theory of tourist destinations. Finally, the author expounds the mathematic modal and progresses in the research on nearest-neighbour analysis.In Chapter 3, General Conditions of Hulun Buir-Aershan, the author analyzes the general conditions of Hulun Buir-Aershan tourist region including geographic location, topography-landforms and tourist development of the region. According to Classification, Investigation and Evaluation of Tourist Rresources (GB/T18972-2003), the author analyzes the different categories and spatial distribution of tourist resources in the region.In Chapter 4, Spatial Organization of Tourist Activities, the author applies the approach of nearest-neighbour analysis to the analysis of the spatial distribution of tourist resources in Hulun Buir-Aershan tourist region. He takes Clusters A and B (Hailar and Aershan as the centers), which have a discernible density of point "collection", as study object of this research project, and analyzes the logical relationships between their characteristics of tourist resources and the types of tourist activities, the marginal utility of the tourist destinations and the spatial organization models of tourist activities. According to the theory of architectural diagrams of section elevation form, the paper applies the model of "thermometrical users" to analyze the congruence degree between the site attributes and the tourist presences expressed by the target tourist segments, in order to organize tourist activities effectively and to exploit various tourist products.In Chapter 5, Spatial Organization of Tourist Destination System, the author suggests key points and lines of developm...
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