Research On Tourism Spatial Structure Of Shandong Peninsula Urban Agglomeration

The strategy of “Peninsula Urban Agglomeration” had been put forth by ShandongProvince in2002. Located between two urban agglomerations Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan areaand the Yangtze River delta, Shandong Peninsula Urban Agglomeration is an important part ofboth western Asian-Pacific economic circle and Yellow sea economic circle and enjoys aprominent location advantage. Possessing rich tourism resource, Shandong Peninsula UrbanAgglomeration is the compact district of tourism resource in Shandong Province as well as thegathering zone of tourists from home and abroad. As the construction of Shandong PeninsulaUrban Agglomeration and Shandong Peninsula blue economic zone entering upgrade to be partof the national strategy, the tourist industry of Shandong Peninsula Urban Agglomeration ismeeting new opportunities and challenges.Based on the elaboration of the basic theory concerning tourism spatial structure, thisthesis takes the Shandong Peninsula Urban Agglomeration as its study area and probes into thedevelopment conditions of its tourist industry as well as the current situation of its tourismspatial structure. Taking eight cities within Shandong Peninsula Urban Agglomeration (Jinan,Qingdao, Zibo, Dongying, Yantai, Weifang, Weihai and Rizhao) as study objects, based on theanalysis of the current situation of the spatial structure of tourism resource, market and traffic ofShandong Peninsula Urban Agglomeration, this thesis makes use of the combined methods ofquantitative analysis and empirical analyses, tries to establish the model of the tourism spatialstructure of Shandong Peninsula Urban Agglomeration, sets up the point-axis developmentpattern of “three core cities, two developing axis and four tourism areas” of the tourism spatialstructure of Shandong Peninsula Urban Agglomeration and regards to take Qingdao, Jinan andYantai as core cities, area along the Ji-Qing line and the oceanfront area as developing axis andbuild four tourism areas including historical and cultural tourism area, folk cultural tourism area,Yellow River eco-tourism area and coastal vacation tourism area. Finally, it puts forth thestrategies to optimize the tourism spatial structure of Peninsula Urban Agglomeration andpromote the development of tourist industry.