桂林市旅游生态足迹研究

基于生态足迹理论,从旅游者的消费结构特征出发,将旅游生态足迹划分为旅游交通、住宿、餐饮、购物、游览等6个方面。以桂林市作为实证研究对象,计算分析了2000—2009年桂林市游客的旅游生态足迹。研究表明:2000—2009年桂林市人均旅游生态足迹是一个下降的过程,旅游交通、餐饮和购物是其主要组成部分。通过比较旅游生态足迹和旅游承载力,发现旅游业的生态需求大于供给,处于相对不可持续发展状态。桂林市的旅游生态足迹效益呈不断上升的趋势,反映了旅游业处于发达水平。为了实现当地旅游业的可持续发展,应该有效降低能源消耗,倡导节能出行方式,发展低碳旅游。

Study of Touristic Ecological Footprint of Guilin City

Based on the theory of ecological footprint and the characteristics of touristic consumption,the tourism ecological footprint is divided into touristic traffic,touristic catering,touristic accommodation,touristic shopping,touristic sightseeing and touristic entertainment.Taking Guilin City as an example,this paper calculates and analyzes the tourism ecological footprint of the city from 2000 to 2009.The results indicate that per capita touristic ecological footprint of Guilin City from 2000 to 2009 was decreasing,with touristic traffic,touristic catering and touristic shopping as the chief component of touristic ecological footprint.By comparing touristic ecological footprint and touristic bearing capacity,it is found that the ecological demand is greater than the supply of tourism in Guilin City and in a state of sustainable development.The efficiency of tourism ecological footprint is rising in Guilin City,which reflects the advanced level of tourism of Guilin.Sustainable development of tourism in Guilin City calls for reducing effectively energy consumption,advocating energy-saving way to travel and developing low carbon tourism.