Study On Environmental Carrying Capacity Evaluation And Environmental Value Assessment Of Forest Park

Forest Park Tourism (FPT), a very unique one, is linked with other types of tourism in some aspects. On the one hand, like other types of tourism, the FPT development has both positive and negative impacts on economy, society, environment and ecology in tourism destinations. On the other hand, FPT resource, as an environmental one, is different from other tourism products and services and has the typical characteristics of quasi-public goods. Proper evaluation on the value of forest park and its environmental carrying capacity is crucial to its efficient operation and management under the framework of sustainable development, can provide enough information for decision on FPT development and environmental protection, and promote FPT sustainable development.FPT carrying capacity assessment is complicated since it includes so many indicators such as the features and structures of the scenic natural environment, its economic, social and cultural background, tourist behavior characteristics, and demological features. Moreover, it must take into account the seasonal fluctuations in scenic areas. As to the wide range of indicators, this dissertation attempts to select Huangshui National Forest Park (HNFP) as a typical case study, apply dynamic improved AHP (ADIHP) to analyze FPT carrying capacity so as to achieve the comprehensive evaluation on FPT carrying capacity.By using both quantitative and qualitative methods, and based on the survey on HNFP and the questionnaire from tourists, this dissertation tries to analyze the environmental values of HNFP and categorize it into ecological value, social value and recreational value. Furthermore, it applied Zonal Travel Cost Method (ZTCM) model to assess the HNFP recreational value, analyzed the structure of tourist source for HNFP and its demographic characteristics. Base on the relevant parameters achieved above, by applying linear function, power function, exponential function and independent-variable logarithmic function, it also conducted the regression analysis of HNFP recreational value and its consumer surplus and the statistical analysis.