Assessment of the Development Potential of Tourism Resources in Wula Mountain National Forest Park
Wula Mountain National Forest Park is an important ecological barrier in the western region of Inner Mongolia.Its tourism industry is in initial stage.The assessment of the development potential of tourism resources is an important step before tourism development.The analytical hierarchy process (AHP) was applied to do quantitative evaluation of the development potential.The evaluation system was built from tourism resources,infrastructure conditions and regional characteristics,including 21 specific indicators.The score of evaluation was 7.832 5;the tourism potential development was at level Ⅰ.The qualitative analysis was made through analyzing the strengths,weakness,opportunities and threats of the park's development potential by SWOT analysis.Finally,four proposals were put for the park's tourism development:1) to give priority to conservation in the development of tourism; 2)to strengthen the construction of park's infrastructure ; 3) to take advantage of tourism resources,and to highlight the characteristics of forest eco-tourism; 4)to develop tourism orderly.
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