Research and development of the vulnerable tourism place is based on the theory of the spatial competition in tourism places, it refers the lower utility tourism place which is effects by the strong tourism places in the spatial competition of tourism places. Through the comparative analysis, Yancheng' s tourism is still in a weak position in the spatia| competition tourism. Such as the tourism infrastructure is relatively weak, some conflicts exists in the resources of conservation and development, less devel- oped tourism resources and inadequate investment in tourism, poor co - exist combination of resources and so on. To promote the development of tourism in Yaneheng, we must take some development strategies, such as dislocation strategy, ecological tourism strategy, brand strategy, regional cooperation strategy and so on. Only in this way can we gradually improve the weak position of Yancheng tourism in spatial competition, make the Yancheng tourism develop rapidly and sustainably.
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