Along with the reform,opening up and social and economic development in China,green and healthy eco-tourism has been developed.Forest Park has become a an important carrier of eco-tourism with its large area of forest and rich biological resources,coupled with the perfect combination of natural and cultural landscape,while eco-tourism also make the core value of forest parks to achieve sustainable development.But many of the current forest park put more attentions on development,but less on protection,and even only cares about development,but does not do any protection at all,leading to an increasing tourism and ecological contradictions.if it cannot be fundamentally solved this problem,it will undermine the development of eco-tourism Foundation.Shimen National Forest Park is located in the northeastern part of Guangdong Conghua,enjoys the reputation of "the oasis of the Tropic O f Cancer" and " the Back Garden of Guangzhou ".It has rich forest resources and has very good geographical advantages.It holds lots of residential activities in Guangzhou and even in the Pearl River Delta,however,the eco-tourism heat also caused a certain degree of damage to its ecological environment.Therefore,the development of eco-tourism in Shimen National Forest Park should be highlight the ecological benefits and social benefits first,then followed by the economic benefits.In this context,To study the sustainable operation of the ecotourism in the stone gate national forest park.Explore the model of sustainable business.It’s extremely important.This research will use field research,literature analysis and other methods to investigate the tourism resources and tourism market in Shihmen National Forest Park.Through the visits to the management department of the protected area and the random inquiry of the local residents,the relevant information and data will be collected to fully and accurately understand the distribution,quantity,cause s,types,utilization value, existing problems and infrastructure and tourism market conditions and so on.In addition,the local status of forest ecological resources,the biodiversity of forest ecosystem,the uniqueness of natural and cultural landscape and the development of eco-tourism in Shimen National Forest Park will be evaluated.The analysis shows that the forest resources in the region are relatively less human destructed,the eco-tourism resources are relatively abundant,and has its inherent advantages,however,the tourism product developme nt and hardware facilities are still inadequate.According to the status of ecotourism development in Shimen National Forest Park,based on the analysis of sustainable management theory,the guiding ideology focusing on the relationship between rational de velopment and effective protection is clarified,and the development of Shimen National Forest Park tourism should be considered from five dimensions,which are carrying capacity,coordination,market orientation,differentiation and environmental educatio n.Based on the comprehensive consideration of internal and external factors,the SWOT analysis framework is used to analyze the development prospect of Shimen National Forest Park by means of assignment method.The results show that the development of Shimen National Forest Park has more advantages from the internal factors.From the external factors,the development opportunities of Shimen National Forest Park is greater than the challenge,so it is concluded that the sustainable development of Shimen National Forest Park should adopt the growth strategy.In addition,combined with international eco-tourism standards,we summarized the main problems of Shimen National Forest Park:(1)Lack of the scientific eco-tourism planning;(2)Lack of environmental awareness result in the damage of ecological resources;(3)Lack of competitiveness,flat tourism products structure;(4)Less participation rate of surrounding villagers;(5)Shortage of eco-tourism talents.We also raise up some suggestions to maintain the sustainable operation of the National Forest Park,which are,(1)to make a scientific ecotourism development plan;(2)to strengthen the environmental awareness,and to enhance the environmental education;(3)to enrich products structure,and to improve service quality;(4)to guide the public participation,and to achieve mutual benefits;(5)to pay special attention to professionals,and to strengthen the scientific management.This research provides a scientific theoretical basis for the sustainable management of ecotourism and for the balanced development of social,economic and ecological benefits in Shimen National Forest Park. |