The Research On The Tourist Resources Of The Yangtze Three Gorges Reservoir Area

The Three Gorges of Yangtze River is a world famous tourist attraction that integrates natural scenery with historic and cultural remains. The implementation of the Three-Gorge Project not only changes the topography and landscape of the Three Gorges Reservoir area, but also has impact on the cultural and historic sites and natural scenery, resulting in damages of the tourist resources of the area to certain extent. At the same time, with the establishment of the Three-Gorge Project, the tourist resources of the area and the combinations of them will present some new features. Beginning with the analysis of the existing situation of the tourist resources of the area and the profound influence of the Three-Gorge Project on the tourist resources, the thesis elaborates the new features of the tourist resources of the area. In the end, it puts forward the measures and proposals to exploit and protect the tourist resources and environment of the area.This thesis includes four chapters:Chapter I introduces the signification and classification of the tourist resources. Then, it analyzes the existing situation and the quality and quantity evaluations of the tourist resources of the area.Chapter II expounds the impacts of the Three-Gorge Project on the natural and human tourist resources of the area.Chapter III elaborates the five new features of the tourist resources of the area.Chapter IV discusses the protection of the tourist resources and environment of the area, including the protection of the landscape, the cultural relics and the folk-custom of the area.