• DocumentCode
    2464695
  • Title

    Study on elements of mountain tourism sustainable development in high mountain and extra-high mountain — A case study of Minya Konka area in Kangding

  • Author

    Li, Xiao-qin

  • Author_Institution
    Chengdu Univ. of Techonlogy, Chengdu, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    24-26 June 2011
  • Firstpage
    5372
  • Lastpage
    5374
  • Abstract
    In general, mountain over 3500m is called High Mountain and more than 5000m is called extra-high mountain from geomorphology view. High Mountain and extra-high mountain have much more advantages than those of low mountain and middle mountain corresponding the world tourism trend of novelty and knowledge, which have strong natural attraction and international competitiveness. Because of the limit of traffic and outdoor equipment, this type of tourism development has lagged behind. Taking Minya Konka area in Kangding for example, based on objective reality of High Mountain and extra-high mountain, this paper put forword the six elements, that is landscape elements, economic and social elements, green services elements, visitor safety service elements, new products elements and peak experience elements for providing theoretical basis and sustainable development strategy of High Mountain and extra-high mountain.
  • Keywords
    safety; socio-economic effects; sustainable development; travel industry; Kangding; Minya Konka area; economic elements; extra-high mountain; green services elements; high mountain; international competitiveness; landscape elements; mountain tourism sustainable development; new product elements; social elements; visitor safety service elements; Economics; Geographic Information Systems; Geography; Planning; Safety; Sustainable development; Traffic control; High Mountain and extra-high mountain; Minya Konka; Mountain Tourism; development elements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering (RSETE), 2011 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Nanjing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-9172-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RSETE.2011.5965527
  • Filename
    5965527