ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Evaluation of the Comprehensive Ecotourism
Suitability and Recognition of Its Key Landscape
Pattern Factors (Case Study of Henan Province,
China)
| 1 | School of Business Xinyang College, West section of Xinqi Avenue, Shihe District, Xinyang City, China |
| 2 | College of Geography and Environment Science, Northwest Normal University,
No. 967, Anning East Road, Lanzhou 730070, China |
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Submission date: 2020-09-29
Final revision date: 2020-11-25
Acceptance date: 2020-11-27
Online publication date: 2021-04-12
Publication date: 2021-06-09
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(4):3389–3404
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
Environmental managementSustainable developmentGeographical Information System (GIS)Policies for environmentally sustainable development
ABSTRACT
This paper evaluates the ecotourism suitability of Henan province based on the ecotourism suitability
evaluation system. And our research clarifies the spatial distribution of the ecotourism suitability in
Henan province, China, explores the internal relations between landscape pattern and ecotourism
suitability, and provides a scientific basis for the future sustainable development of ecotourism in Henan
from an ecological perspective. The results show the following: 1) the ecotourism suitability is obvious
differences between the eastern and western regions in Henan, with the indexes of ecotourism suitability
in the western and southern regions being higher than those in other regions. The ecotourism suitability
shows a trend of first increasing and then decreasing in Henan, with the highest value in 2007; 2) the
Pearson correlation analysis shows that the key landscape pattern factors, including landscape patch
area, shape, number, type, and spatial configuration, have an important impact on ecotourism suitability
and show significant time differences.
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