Two-dimensional Classification of National Geopark Based on the Regional Space Discriminate
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Abstract
National geopark is a kind of special and professional scenic area. Regional tourism space discriminate of social public is the core element for the development scale and speed of national geopark. Based on the regional tourism space discriminate, a two-dimensional matrix model has been set up, which is composed of resources radiating force and market gathering force, with 21 indexes. And then, the national geoparks have been classified as five types, including natural resort type, must natural resort type, recreational belt around the city type, scientific research type and mixed type. Besides, taking Yuntai Mountain Geopark and Cuihua Mountain Geopark as examples to do empirical study, the tourism development model of national geoparks has been put forward, that is, the core work is to improve the attraction and resources-tourism products transformation force in future.
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