Discussion on Development of Geo-tourism in Qinghai Province

Geo-tourism is a newly-developed tourism form. It is characterized by advantages of know ledgeseeking, sightseeing and interest-arousingand so on. With its unique glamour and wide development prospects, it has developed as an import anttour product and becomea hot spot in recent years. In Qinghai province, abundant geological relics have been foundincluding typical geological sections, geologic landforms, water landscapes, paleontological remains, rock and mineral remains and geological destructive remains. Four nationalgeo parks have been established at present. But geo-tourism is still at startpoint. Based on the present situation of tourism market in Qinghai province, this paper analyses the number of tourists from 1996 to 2005 by means of SPSS 12 for Windows. Taking advantage of the cubic model, it predicts the tourists developing tendency and points out the current situation and problems faced by geotourism and puts forward some concrete counterm easures.