Study On The Construction Of International Tourist Cities

An international tourist city is the product of both a city and its tourism industry. Over 20 years' tourism development in China, many tourism destination cities have come to realize the importance of forging the city brand, city comprehensive development, city globalization as well as modernization. More and more cities are operating their tourism not only as a key industry construction, but also as tourim destinations and attractions on international markets. An international tourist city has become an essential type of the international city, which matters and contributes a lot to urban international development and tourism industry as well. Therefore, to become international tourism cities is an aim that many cities are trying to approach in their economic development. It is inevitable to set up and improve urban function system in building up international tourism cities.This thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter introduces the background of selecting the thesis, probes into the literature review, the purpose, the significance as well as the methods of the study. The second chapter expounds the connotation and characteristics of international tourist cities, based on the theories of tourism economics and urban economics, there-after, a definite definition is made. Case study of two successful world-known international tourist cities, such as Hawaii and Hongkong, and keys to their success are explained thoroughly in this part. In addition, the writer tries to make an indicator esteem system for international tourism cities, and then makes a comparison between four tourism cities, namely, Zhangjiajie, Beijing, Nanjing and Xi'an. In Chapter 3, adopting SWOT method, the writer makes a thorough analysis of the current situation of Zhangjiajie city and focuses on the strength, weakness,opportunity and threat in its economy, society, industrial policies, organizations,management and those related to tourism industry. In Chapter 4, the writer puts forward some measures for the construction of Zhangjiajie international tourism city,aiming at creating an excellent support system for the construction in its policy, scientific planning, cultural features , tourism ecological protection, etc.