Title: Exploitation and Sustainable Development of Hot Springs in Xinjiang Province of China——A Case Study of Shawan Hot Spring Tourist Area
Abstract: The paper had introduced geographic causes and types of hot springs, illustrated its disease-treating function and displayed its great vitality and widespread development prospect as tourist resources. By taking Shawan Hot Spring in Xinjiang for example, the paper had analyzed its natural condition, hot springs and tourist economic development. And then, quantitative and qualitative analysis had been conducted on the quality of water environment resources in the research area. It had analyzed reasons for degeneration of water environment and studied exploitation and sustainable development of hot springs. It was considered that environment especially water environment quality had decreased since hot spring tourism development. In order to achieve sustainable development of hot springs and promotion of local tourism, it must be guided by environment treatment, and some strategies for sustainable development of hot springs had been proposed.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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