A typical case of ecotourism

Eco-tourism in China mainly includes nature reserves, forest parks and scenic spots, such as Poyang Lake National Wetland Park. From 65438 to 0982, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, the first national forest park in China, was established, which organically combined tourism development with ecological environment protection. Since then, the construction of forest parks and forest eco-tourism have developed by leaps and bounds. Although the forest tourism developed at this time is not eco-tourism in the strict sense, it provides a good foundation for the development of eco-tourism. By the beginning of 1999, nearly 900 forest parks of different types and levels had been built in China. Since the establishment of the first batch of nature reserves in 1956, by the end of 1997, * * has built 932 nature reserves of various types, including 124 at the national level, and 14 officially approved to join the world biosphere reserve network. China * * * has 5 12 scenic spots with a total area of 96,000 square kilometers.

The theme activities of 99 Kunming World Expo and 1999 National Tourism Administration have greatly promoted the practice of eco-tourism in China. 1999, Chengdu, Sichuan took advantage of the main venue of world tourism day to launch Jiuzhaigou, Huanglong, Emei Mountain and Leshan Giant Buddha to develop eco-tourism products. Subsequently, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan Province held an international forest protection festival and launched eco-tourism areas such as Wulingyuan. Starting from Hunan and Sichuan, eco-tourism has gradually developed nationwide. The investigation results of 200 1 00 nature reserves at or above the provincial level in China show that 82 nature reserves have officially started to travel, and the number of nature reserves with annual tourists exceeding 12 has reached 12. However, in county-level cities with abundant ecotourism resources, ecotourism has not promoted the tourism economy, and there is no opportunity to show specific resources, because the tourism market is neglected and there is a lack of promotion and publicity.

In China, the open eco-tourism areas mainly include forest parks, scenic spots and nature reserves. The areas with earlier and more mature ecotourism development mainly include Shangri-La, Zhongdian, Xishuangbanna, Changbai Mountain, Lancang River Basin, Dinghushan, Zhaoqing, Guangdong and Hanas, Xinjiang. According to the types of ecotourism, the famous ecotourism scenic spots in China can be divided into the following nine categories:

1) Mountain ecological scenic spot, represented by five mountains, famous Buddhist mountains and famous Taoist mountains.

2) Lake ecological scenic spots are represented by Tianchi Lake in Changbai Mountain, Xinghu Lake in Zhaoqing and Qinghai Lake in Qinghai.

3) The forest ecological scenic spots are represented by Changbai Mountain in Jilin, Shennongjia in Hubei and Xishuangbanna in Yunnan.

4) The grassland ecological scenic spot is represented by Hulunbeier grassland in Inner Mongolia.

5) Marine ecological scenic spots are represented by mangrove coast in Beihai, Guangxi and Wenchang, Hainan.

6) Bird-watching ecological scenic spots are represented by Jiangxi Poyang Lake wintering migratory bird nature reserve and Qinghai Lake Bird Island.

7) The ice and snow eco-tourism area is represented by Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang, Yunnan and Changbai Mountain in Yanbian, Jilin.

8) The drifting ecological scenic spot is represented by Shennongjia, Hubei.

9) The hiking adventure ecological scenic spots are represented by Mount Everest in Tibet, Lop Nur Desert and Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon.