Research on Low-Carbon Tourism Development Path of Qinghai Lake Scenic Area

Abstract:

Nowadays, the international community pays attention to the climate change and environmental issues. The strategy of low-carbon tourism has gradually become a realistic choice for the tourism development in the every country. Qinghai Lake scenic area is the leading scenic area of tourism development in Qinghai Province and the key area of tourism development in western China. Therefore, the low-carbon development is the only way. This paper analyzes the necessity of low-carbon development in tourist scenic area, respectively from tourism development and construction, operation and management, tourism attractions, tourism production and tourism consumption, and then discusses the low-carbon development path in Qinghai Lake scenic area.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 739)
• Pages: 365-369
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.739.365
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Jiong Hua Li, Rong Zhu Zhou, Ying Bo Zhu
• Keywords: Development Path, Low-Carbon Tourism, Qinghai Lake Scenic Area

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