Comparative Study On The Environmental Competitive Power Of Urban Tourism

As the precondition of tourism, favorable environment is the basic condition of thedevelopment of tourism in a country or a district. To some extent, tourism developsadhered to the environment. Without a favorable environment, a city can't attract enoughtourists. Therefore, the environmental competitive power of urban tourism is significantto the development of a city's tourism.Firstly, this paper tries to use the theory and methods of tourism and economics todefine some basic conceptions, such as the urban tourism and the competitive power ofurban tourism. Secondly, on the basis of these conceptions, and by the angle ofsustainable development and ecology, this paper raises a new conception, that is, theenvironmental competitive power of urban tourism, and analyses the component factors,structure and functions of the system of environmental competitive power of urbantourism. Thirdly, this paper utilizes the AHP (Analytic Hierarchy process) method tofound a indicators evaluation system. Finally, put the related data to the system, evaluateand compare the environmental competitive power of the urban tourism of Fuzhou andXiamen. After the analyze, point out the superiorities and shortcomings of the two cities.The aim of this paper is to make a regional cooperation of the two cities, learn formother's strong points to offset its weakness, and promote the environmental competitivepower of urban tourism.