Tourism Geological Resources Development And Planning

The requirement of the tourists becomes more and more various with the faster development of the tourism industry. How to develop new tourism resources has become an important question, which has been noticed of acquiring the sustainable development of tourism. Geopark is a place where geological remains can be protected and the knowledge of Earth science can be popularized. The establishment of Geopark can not only protect the geological remains but also support the sustainable development of local socio-economy and provide new employment opportunities. So Geopark becomes more and more favorable in tourism.Based on the connotation of geological tourism resources, the author analyzes the goal and function of Geopark's construction, summarizes the utilization of geological tourism resources and the planning of Geopark, attempts to put forward the program of Geopark's planning and discusses the contents of Geopark's planning, Which the planning of the. functional distribution, the planning of the service infrastructure of popularizing Earth science, the planning of the protection of resources and environment and so on.The author takes a case study of Geopark of Mancheng county in Hebei province, makes a finding of the planning of popularizing Earth science.l.Construct the theory of Geopark's planning regarding the popularizing Earth science as the basis principle.2.Put forward the methods of the planning of the infrastructure of popularizing Earthscience. Compare the difference among geological museum of Geopark, traditional geological museum and ecological museum.3.Investigate the types and allocation of geological tourism resources in Mancheng county of Hebei province, especially Karst geomorphic tourism resources, and appraise in the value of popularizing Earth science and esthetics.