A Study On Evolution Laws And Mechanism Of Tourism Spatial Distribution In Shanxi Province

Regional tourism spatial structure can take on different appearance when at different development stage which mainly depend on tourism element structure. So that identify tourism industry components is the key to study tourism spatial structure. There are many views on the subject, such as Gunn (Tourism Planning, New York: Crane Rusak, 1998a) and Pearce (Tourist Development, 3^st ed. New York: Longman, 1995a ), Some domestic scholars consider that tourism spatial structure including point, path and domain elements. The study merely analysis tourism spots (area), urban and main trunk lines spatial distribution by reason of lack full historical information use Arc View GIS spatial analysis function.Firstly, the study try to find out spatial distribution evolvement laws by spatial and statistical analysis, carve Shanxi tourism course into three phases base on remarkable development characteristic. The first phase spatial distribution appear as Chinese characters "丿" from 1949 to 1986 and approximately 72 percent tourism spots muster locate Datong-Fenglingdu railway line and spatial distribution index 0.89. the second phase spatial distribution appear as Chinese characters "人" from 1987 to 1995 and remarkable as approximately 78 percent tourism spots cluster together locate Datong-Fenglingdu line and Taiyuan-jincheng line neighborhood, and spatial distribution index enlarge to 1.13. the third phase spatial distribution inkling appear as Chinese characters "大" from 1996 to these days and approximately 85 percent of tourism spots confine in 40 km of railway and highway unite, such as Datong-Fenglingdu railway line and Taiyuan-jincheng railway line and Taiyuan-jiuguan railway line and Datong-Yuncheng highway line and Changzhi-jincheng highway line and Fengyan-Liulin highway line, and spatial distribution index keeping on enlarge, reach to 1.27 in 2004.Secondly, the study sort some factors which mainly affect Shanxi tourism spatial distribution and discuss spatial structure evolve mechanism by structural and AHP methods. The result indicate that tourism competing in nationally, spreading of trunk line, changing of tourism market demand, adjusting of tourism policy, exploiting...