Ecotourism Practices in Potatso National Park from the Perspective of Tourists: Assessment and Developing Contradictions

Ecotourism in Potatso National Park has been developing for more than 15 years, which has had important guiding significance for the development of China’s national parks. This paper analyzes ecotourism practices in Potatso by extracting related travel notes and adopting the ground theory and conten...

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Autores principales:	Rumin Zheng, Shuo Zhen, Lin Mei, Hongqiang Jiang
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	national park ecotourism practice developing contradictions Potatso Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5f295e5d3bb34a5db97c6b335bf6e96b2021-11-25T19:03:01ZEcotourism Practices in Potatso National Park from the Perspective of Tourists: Assessment and Developing Contradictions10.3390/su1322126552071-1050https://doaj.org/article/5f295e5d3bb34a5db97c6b335bf6e96b2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/22/12655https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Ecotourism in Potatso National Park has been developing for more than 15 years, which has had important guiding significance for the development of China’s national parks. This paper analyzes ecotourism practices in Potatso by extracting related travel notes and adopting the ground theory and content analysis method. The results show that the current ecotourism practices in Potatso include 5 dimensions and 15 elements. The five dimensions are the natural environment, environmental education, community participation, ecotourism experience and socioeconomic background. The five most important elements are the ecosystem elements, sensory and behavioral ecotourism experience, ecological facilities and interpretation systems. There are also three contradictions: between tourists’ environmental awareness and lack of environmental behaviors, between community participation and residents’ reception capacity, and between environmental education and tourists’ experiences. Regarding the future development of Potatso, conservation will always come first. A breakthrough is needed to strengthen the conversion of environmental education to the environmental behavior of tourists, adjust the participation model of communities dynamically, and continue innovating in the form of environmental education.Rumin ZhengShuo ZhenLin MeiHongqiang JiangMDPI AGarticlenational parkecotourism practicedeveloping contradictionsPotatsoEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12655, p 12655 (2021)
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topic	national park ecotourism practice developing contradictions Potatso Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	national park ecotourism practice developing contradictions Potatso Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Rumin Zheng Shuo Zhen Lin Mei Hongqiang Jiang Ecotourism Practices in Potatso National Park from the Perspective of Tourists: Assessment and Developing Contradictions
description	Ecotourism in Potatso National Park has been developing for more than 15 years, which has had important guiding significance for the development of China’s national parks. This paper analyzes ecotourism practices in Potatso by extracting related travel notes and adopting the ground theory and content analysis method. The results show that the current ecotourism practices in Potatso include 5 dimensions and 15 elements. The five dimensions are the natural environment, environmental education, community participation, ecotourism experience and socioeconomic background. The five most important elements are the ecosystem elements, sensory and behavioral ecotourism experience, ecological facilities and interpretation systems. There are also three contradictions: between tourists’ environmental awareness and lack of environmental behaviors, between community participation and residents’ reception capacity, and between environmental education and tourists’ experiences. Regarding the future development of Potatso, conservation will always come first. A breakthrough is needed to strengthen the conversion of environmental education to the environmental behavior of tourists, adjust the participation model of communities dynamically, and continue innovating in the form of environmental education.
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title	Ecotourism Practices in Potatso National Park from the Perspective of Tourists: Assessment and Developing Contradictions
title_short	Ecotourism Practices in Potatso National Park from the Perspective of Tourists: Assessment and Developing Contradictions
title_full	Ecotourism Practices in Potatso National Park from the Perspective of Tourists: Assessment and Developing Contradictions
title_fullStr	Ecotourism Practices in Potatso National Park from the Perspective of Tourists: Assessment and Developing Contradictions
title_full_unstemmed	Ecotourism Practices in Potatso National Park from the Perspective of Tourists: Assessment and Developing Contradictions
title_sort	ecotourism practices in potatso national park from the perspective of tourists: assessment and developing contradictions
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Ecotourism Practices in Potatso National Park from the Perspective of Tourists: Assessment and Developing Contradictions

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