The Evaluation Of Geological Features And Development Of The Tourism Product Of Chongqing Yunyang Longgang Geopark

The UNESCO launched the World Geopark plan in1999，the Chinese Ministryof Land and Resources respond positively to this plan,and decided to establish theNational Geopark system in China. In2001there were11National Geoparks beestablished, so far240have been established. Chongqing Yunyang LonggangGeopark is a National Geopark that be approved in2005. The park’s main geologicallandscape types is the karst landscape and the water landscape, and the LonggangSinkhole is a typical karst landscape. It is335meters deep,and in depth, it is locatedthird in China., and fifth in the world, it is very representative. But its tourismdevelopment is not very satisfactory, mainly for its tourism products relatively simple.In terms of the research status of the geopark system, the systematic study ofGeopark mostly focused on the following areas: tourist market, commentary system,travel protection system、information security system, travel support system，and thereare little study on the core attraction system. So, propose scientific tourism productdevelopment strategy base on the full research on landscape resources and othernatural and human resources of long gang geopark, has certain theoretical andpractical significance for Longgang geological park and local economic development.But the geopark compares to other types of scenic area has some particularity, itdemands to strengthen protection, highlighting the function of science popularization,therefore, the geological relic landscape comprehensive control is particularlyimportant. Geological relic landscape resources evaluation, is evaluation of quantityand quality, structure and distribution and development potential of various importantgeological relic landscape resources. The investigation area of all kinds of geologicalheritage landscape resources in regional combination characteristics, structure andspatial distribution of clear through evaluation, to master a variety of geologicalheritage landscape resources in the end of the case, especially important geologicalrelic landscape resources development potential, provide scientific basis for making the protection of heritage landscape resources in geology and reasonable developmentplanning.Based on this purpose, this paper based on the full analysis of relevant researchat home and abroad Geopark development, geological landscape evaluation researchsituation and the geological park tourism products, analyses and research thegeological landscape classification standard, geological landscape evaluation methodand definition of the geological park tourism products, tourism aesthetic theory andleisure economic theory and so on, through classification of Longgang Geoparkgeological landscape, qualitative and quantitative evaluation of geological landscapeand other types of tourism resources analysis, do the basic preparation for Longganggeopark tourism product development.Through fully analysis the geological landscape resources and other tourismresources, combining with tourism aesthetic theory and theories of leisure economy,propose the Longgang geopark tourism product development strategy--exploitgeological expedition tourism products, science innovation experience product, geoadventure products, folk culture experience product, leisure vacation products andtourist route products. In which, geological expedition tourism products includegeological Landscape Tour, the fossil discovery tour and Landscape Tour; Scienceinnovation experience products are divided into local activity of science, scientificpractice and for ordinary tourists special science activities; geo adventure productsinclude South Three Gorges fantasy drifting journey, Longgang adventure travel andhiking; folk culture experience products include Tujia customs tour and nostalgichistory tour; leisure vacation products include Longgang holiday products and waterleisure products; and the final tourist route products is divided into cross-bordertourist routes and domestic tourist routes, and strive to enrich the system of tourismproducts, to meet different customer group demands.This paper makes a detailed classification, qualitative and quantitative evaluationfor the geological landscape of Longgang geological park, and on this basis,combining tourism customer market demand, it puts forward the developmentstrategies of tourism products for the geological park, which has a certain referencesignificance for the sustainable development of geological landscape protection andtourism. In general, obtaining much higher economic benefits than the value of goodsin the no consumption of resources, which is one of the advantages of tourism development. It has been effectively protected for the precious geological landscaperesources, all these geological relic landscape was formed through the long geologicalevolution, unified planning and protection, and devoted to manpower and material forthe protection of geological relics resources would be more productive, moresignificant environmental benefits; Also it can drive the development of the areaeconomy in Longgang geological park, on one hand can increase the regional tourismindustry, on the other hand can provide more employment opportunities for residentsin the park and the park surrounding the radiation area.