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Study on the Exploitation Potential of Ecotourism in Leshan City based on a Multi-Hierarchy Grey Method
WANG Dongliang, E-mail: wdl2022@126.com |
Received date: 2022-03-01
Accepted date: 2022-05-28
Online published: 2023-02-21
Supported by
The Science & Technology Department of Sichuan Province(2021DJR0229)
The Leshan Philosophy and Social Science Planning(SKL2021A03)
The Leshan Philosophy and Social Science Planning(SKL2020B16)
The Sichuan Tourism Development Research Center(LY21-07)
The Leshan Science and Technology Bureau(20ZRKX007)
The Leshan Science and Technology Bureau(21ZRK190)
Leshan City is rich in ecological tourism resources. The evaluation of their potential for exploitation can provide scientific guidance for the development of ecological tourism resources in the city. Based on the analytic hierarchy process and grey theory, seven counties in Leshan City were selected as the basis for constructing the evaluation system of ecotourism resource exploitation potential from four aspects: tourism resource conditions, tourism resource exploitation conditions, tourism resource development benefits and tourism resource value. Through the comprehensive evaluation and sorting of the development potential of ecotourism resources in the city, the order of priority for the exploitation of ecotourism resources in the region was determined. According to the results of the model calculations, the exploitation potentials of ecotourism resources in the seven counties and districts in Leshan City could be divided into three levels. Among them, Muchuan County, Emeishan City, Ebian Yi Autonomous County and Mabian Yi Autonomous County are the first-level ecotourism resource exploitation zones; Jinkouhe District is at the second-level; and Jingyan County and Jiajiang County have the least exploitation potential as the third-level ecotourism resource exploitation zone. The results of this evaluation are approximately consistent with the actual situation of Leshan City, which indicates that the evaluation of the exploitation potential of ecotourism resources in this region based on the multi-hierarchy grey method can provide a theoretical basis for helping Leshan City to build characteristic ecotourism products, so that it can serve as a new development anchor for building a globally important tourist destination.
WANG Dongliang , LIU Qiongying , HU Shiwei . Study on the Exploitation Potential of Ecotourism in Leshan City based on a Multi-Hierarchy Grey Method[J]. Journal of Resources and Ecology, 2023 , 14(2) : 321 -330 . DOI: 10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2023.02.010
Fig. 1 Map of the administrative regions of Leshan City, Sichuan Province, China |
Table 1 Evaluation index system of ecotourism resource exploitation |
First grade indexes | Second grade indexes | Third grade indexes |
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Exploitation potential of ecotourism resources (V) | Conditions of tourism resources (V1) | Fauna Flora Geology and topography Air quality Climate Water body |
Conditions of tourist resource exploitation (V2) | Natural accessibility Market accessibility Traffic condition Resource composition Construction conditions Scenic area capacity Financing conditions Government policy and residents’ acceptance | |
Tourism resource exploitation benefit (V3) | Social benefit Economic benefit Environmental benefit | |
Tourism resource value (V4) | Value of science popularization and scientific research Value of ornamental and recreational features Value of ecological culture |
Table 2 Scores of relative importance of factors |
Score | Meaning |
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1 | The same importance as the two indicators |
3 | The former is slightly more important than the latter in comparison with the two indicators |
5 | The former is more important than the latter in comparison with the two indicators |
7 | The former is much more important than the latter in comparison with the two indicators |
9 | The former is extremely important relative to the latter in comparison with the two indicators |
2, 4, 6, 8 | The intermediate values of the above adjacent judgments |
Table 3 Index weights of the secondary grade indicators |
Secondary grade indexes | Index weight | Score of relative importance |
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Condition of tourism resources | 0.236 | 1 |
Conditions of tourist resource exploitation | 0.180 | 6 |
Tourism resource exploitation benefit | 0.236 | 1 |
Tourism resource value | 0.347 | 2 |
Table 4 Index weights of the third-grade indicators |
Indicators | Index weight | Score of relative importance | |
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Condition of tourism resources | Fauna | 0.080 | 8 |
Flora | 0.080 | 8 | |
Geology and topography | 0.171 | 3 | |
Air quality | 0.150 | 8 | |
Climate | 0.217 | 0 | |
Water body | 0.299 | 4 | |
Conditions of tourist resource exploitation | Natural accessibility | 0.101 | 5 |
Market accessibility | 0.101 | 5 | |
Traffic condition | 0.183 | 3 | |
Resource composition | 0.175 | 5 | |
Construction conditions | 0.101 | 5 | |
Scenic area capacity | 0.061 | 8 | |
Financing conditions | 0.055 | 6 | |
Government policy and residents’ acceptance | 0.219 | 1 | |
Tourism resource exploitation benefit | Social benefit | 0.159 | 3 |
Economic benefit | 0.251 | 8 | |
Environmental benefit | 0.588 | 9 | |
Tourism resource value | Value of science popularization and scientific research | 0.119 | 9 |
Value of ornamental and recreational features | 0.272 | 1 | |
Value of ecological culture | 0.608 | 0 |
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