Study Of The Sustainable Eco-tourism Development Based On The Ecological Footprint Of Mt. Qingcheng Region In Sichuan Province

As the carrier of ecotourism resources, the ecotourism region is the supplies foundation th m'tdevelops an ecotourism industry. In the paper, taking Mt.Qingcheng region of Sichuan province as theresearch example, using the principle and method of the ecological footprint, building the tourist ecologicalfootprint model according to the ch m~2 racteristics of Mt.Qingcheng region, and computing the ecologicalfootprint of the research district with 3S technique, the spot inquisition and statistical analysis. Researchresults is following:1,The tourist ecological footprint(TEF) of Mt.Qingcheng region is 0.0136 hm~2 per capita in 2003,and the citizen's ecological footprint is 2.0637hm~2 per capita, total is 2.0773hm~2 per capita in Mt.Qingchengregion. The average ecological capacity is 0.8252hm~2 per capita in Mt.Qingcheng region. It has been thestate of ecological deficit as 1.2521hm~2 per capita。Drying up and importing the natural resources is the keyto maintain the circulation in Mt.Qingcheng region. However, the region has already been the state thatcould not development healthily.2,The total reception of the domestic and international visitors is 713200 people in 2003, the equalstay time is 1.58 days in Mt.Qingcheng region. The number of local resident is 89092, the number ofvisitors converting to the local residents is 3087. It extrapolates TEF in Mt.Qingcheng region, 3.1363 hm~2per capita in 2003, 1.52 times that of the average footprints 0.8252hm2 of citizens in Mt.Qingcheng region.So, tour activities are the higher consumptive state.3,The TEF structure on the balanced calculation in Mt.Qingcheng region is following:accommodation 34.62％, dining 29.67％, shopping 17.43％, transportation 11.13％, amusement 5.78％andsightseeing 1.36％. The whole distribution of structure is reasonable. The fossil energy position is 44.78％,as mainly accommodation, transportation and dining. The tilth 19.22％, as dining. The woodland is 17.43％,as shopping. Buildland is 11.65％, as accommodation, sightseeing and transportation. The grassland andwater is 6.26％, 0.66％respectively, as dining. Accommodation, transportation and dining still are the mostitems of the resources energy in tour activity comparing to six main factors of tour industry.With the tour development, the visitor would increase in great quantities, extend the depletion of theresources and energy. The region would depend on importing the resources and energy from others.Measures should been adopted to raise the storage of the natural resources, to reduce waste, to maintain andstrengthen the environmental protection, to reduce the ecological deficit in Mt. Qingcheng region.