Strategic Research On The Development Of Hainan Low-carbon Tourism Industry

After entering the21st century, the problem of global climate has been plagued mankind. The discussion on this topic becomes more intense after the2009Copenhagen conference. Human activity is causing a huge change of the living environment. China as a responsible country, though it’s a developing country, still undertakes tasks for the energy conservation and emission reduction, and promotes low-carbon economy.Tourism is closely related to ecological environment, as the most development potential of comprehensive industry in21st century. With the development of low-carbon economy, low-carbon tourism and low-carbon tourism industry cause extensive and close attention of the tourism industry insight. The development of low-carbon tourism has become a hot topic between the government, tourism enterprises and scholars. This paper aims to make thoughts and suggestions for strategic decisions of low-carbon tourism in Hainan, the correlation theories and the concept of low-carbon tourism combing, and moderately analysis of the Hainan development of low-carbon.This paper focus on low-carbon tourism concept and theory, the basis of analysis of the low-carbon resources in Hainan, Hainan low-carbon tourism strategic vision and other aspects to discuss full-depth. The paper is divided into six sections.Part I is an introduction, include:Background and significance of the research are to be described. Review on the domestic and international low-carbon tourism research results is analyzed and summarized. Research content and methodology is to be described the research ideas in this paper.Part II is the theory and the concept of low-carbon tourism system, including the research of the basic theory of low-carbon tourism:sustainable development, eco-tourism, low-carbon economy, and the study of the concept related to low-carbon tourism.Part III is the concept of low-carbon tourism system, mainly defines the meaning and concept of low-carbon travel&low-carbon tourism industry. This part raises the feasibility path to achieve a low-carbon travel, based on summing up the five major characteristics.Part IV analyzes the foundation of the low-carbon tourism developing in Hainan, and clearly determines the strengths and weaknesses of the low-carbon tourism developing in Hainan.Part V is the core of this article. This part puts forward a bold strategic vision for the development of low-carbon tourism industry in Hainan, including the strategic positioning and objectives, strategic principles, spatial layout, strategic focus and strategic security.Part VI is the conclusion and outlook, to summarize the research results, and analyze limitations and shortcomings.The research has a guiding role in the construction of low-carbon tourism industry in Hainan,and gives some references for China’s regional development of low-carbon tourism industry and the promotion the strategic objectives of national energy saving.