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    ZHOU Jieqi, WANG Qun
    ECOTOURISM. 2021, 11(6): 953-966. https://doi.org/10.12342/zgstly.20210096

    The change of flow and direction of natural, social, material, and human capital caused by tourism is related to the track and sustainable state of socio-ecological systems in tourism destinations. Based on the relevant theories of circular economy, this paper attempts to construct a "Five Streams" analysis framework of the social-ecological system in tourism destinations. Taking Jinzhai County as the case, Principal Component Analysis and Ordered Weighted Averaging method were used to analyze the capital change, growth stage, and growth mode of the social-ecological system of tourism destination from 2008 to 2019, and its evolution trajectory was simulated. The results are as follows: (1) Tourism directly affects the flow of population, the flow of goods and services, the flow of information and the consumption of various resources, and other "flow" factors, increasing the accumulation of physical and human capital. However, its social capital accumulation is still at a low level and unstable. Natural capital decrease is significant. (2) Socio-ecological system in Jinzhai County showed a trend of gradual improvement during the past 12 years, and its growth could be divided into two stages: low level equilibrium growth from 2008 to 2011 and rapid growth from 2012 to 2019. (3) Exogenous mode is the current continuous operation state of Jinzhai County. It may become endogenous mode in the future with the continuous optimization of the relationship between environmental protection and economic development. With the increasing disturbance of tourism activities, the relationship between social and ecological system in tourism destinations becomes more complex. In-depth study on the internal mechanism of the growth of social and ecological system in tourism destinations can provide scientific reference for making policies on regional sustainable development.

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    LIU Qingqing, YU Hu
    ECOTOURISM. 2021, 11(6): 967-980. https://doi.org/10.12342/zgstly.20210114

    Tourism has become an important channel to enhance the comprehensive strength of a city. It is of great value to explore the level of coordinated development between tourism and city and its influencing factors for strengthening the function of urban tourism and improving the competitiveness of urban tourism. Taking Henan Province as an example, this paper establishes an evaluation index system for the level of coordinated development between tourism and city and uses the TOPSIS method to measure the level of coordinated development of urban tourism and city. The results show that from 2002 to 2019, the change of coordinated development level of tourism and city in Henan Province presents an increasing trend, with small fluctuation occasionally. At a city level, Zhengzhou, Luoyang, and Kaifeng have a high level of coordinated tourism and urban development, while Lingbao, Jiyuan, Qinyang, and Huixian which are along the western provincial boundary have a relatively low level of coordinated tourism and urban development. According to the evaluation results of coordinated development between tourism and cities, cities in Henan province can be categorized into high coordination type, medium coordination type, low coordination type, and micro coordination type. Based on the indicators, the influencing factors of tourism and urban coordinated development include urban environment construction, urban infrastructure investment scale, urban economic policy support, and urban social development environment, ranking from the highest to the lowest regarding influencing the coordinated development.

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    SHAO Xiuying, LIU Yaling, LI Zhaoyang, ZHAI Zehua
    ECOTOURISM. 2021, 11(6): 981-994. https://doi.org/10.12342/zgstly.20210024

    Tourism is an effective way to protect the heritage of traditional villages and rejuvenate the countryside. However, due to the different endowments and environment of traditional village heritage, not all traditional villages have the conditions to develop tourism, the tourism response of traditional villages in different regions is different. This study took the 550 Chinese traditional villages in Shanxi Province as the research objects, the entropy TOPSIS method was used to calculate the tourism response score of traditional villages and ArcGIS with geographic detectors was also used. This study analyzed the spatial characteristics and influencing factors of the tourism response of traditional villages in Shanxi Province. The results show that: (1) The overall performance of the spatial distribution characteristics of the tourism response of traditional villages in Shanxi Province is as follows: The east is higher than the west, and the middle and southeast are higher than the north. (2) At the county level, there are obvious differences in tourism response, and the counties with medium tourism response account for about 80%; At the city level, Jincheng City and Jinzhong City, which have the largest number of traditional villages, and Taiyuan City, which has the least number of traditional villages, uneven tourism response between cities. At the regional level, the tourism responsiveness of the Taihang, Great Wall, and Yellow River plates shows successively descending spatial differentiation characteristics.. In Fenhe River Basin, traditional villages' tourism response of middle reaches is greater than that of downstream, and the one of downstream is greater than that of upper reaches. (3) The dominant influencing factors of the tourism response of traditional villages with different scales in Shanxi Province are different. The concentration of traditional villages, the level of tourism development, and the superiority of regional scenic spots have significant impacts on county responsiveness. For cities, tourism development level and reception capacity are more indicative than traditional village concentration degree. From the perspective of the influence of regional tourism response, in addition to the concentration of traditional villages, the historical value of traditional villages and the combination of regional rural tourism have a significant impact on the tourism response of the three plates. Regional tourism development environment has a significant effect on the response of river basin tourism. (4) Synthesize the impact factors at different levels to shows that the tourism response of traditional villages is generally sensitive to the resource endowment of traditional villages, regional resource combination, and regional tourism development environment, the regional economic development environment has less impact. The influence of concentration of traditional villages on tourism responsiveness has universal significance. The research results can provide insights for tourism activation and utilization of traditional villages and focal rural tourism areas and the optimization of spatial layout.

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    DONG Peihai, LI Wei
    ECOTOURISM. 2021, 11(5): 733-750. https://doi.org/10.12342/zgstly.20210063

    Based on a systematic review of the relevant research on community participation and tourism poverty alleviation, this paper constructs an analytical framework of the spatial effect of community participation in tourism poverty alleviation from the perspective of geography. This paper examines the spatial interaction between communities and background region at different stages of tourism development from three dimensions: spatial production, spatial correlation, and reconstruction and dissolution of spatial justice. The results show that: the introduction of tourism in poor communities encourages the evolution of community economy, society, and culture. "Community" has the attributes of spatial production and spatial correlation in the process of alleviating poverty via tourism. "Scale mechanism" and "interactive mechanism" are shown as the mechanism of the spatial effect of community participation in tourism poverty alleviation. Spatial production promotes the interaction between community and background area, which highlights the spatial correlation effect of tourism poverty alleviation. Spatial justice between community and its background area is reshaped through spatial production and spatial correlation. Such relevant discussion can expand the research on the impact of tourism poverty alleviation and development, deepen the understanding of the process and mechanism of community participation in tourism, and has practical significance for consolidating the achievements of poverty alleviation, and promoting the development of community tourism in the context of Rural Revitalization Strategy in the new era.

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    JIA Wentong, HUANG Zhenfang, HONG Xueting, GUO Xuqi
    ECOTOURISM. 2021, 11(5): 751-766. https://doi.org/10.12342/zgstly.20210091

    China has been accelerating the construction of a “dual circulation” development pattern, which takes the domestic market as the mainstay. The rapid development of peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodations has drawn great academic attention, as it could improve the utilization rate of idle housing resources and expand the domestic tourism market demand. However, the geographic studies of P2P accommodation in China are relatively scant. Accordingly, this study sought to identify spatial clustering characteristics and explore influencing mechanism of P2P accommodations from a geographic perspective. Airbnb in Beijing was selected as the case study. Exploratory spatial analysis and Geodetector were employed. The findings suggested that: (1) Airbnb listings were gathered in the center of the city, and sparsely distributed in the peripheral areas. (2) Hot spots were clustered in and around the fourth ring road, and there were different degrees of spatial clustering between Airbnb and other related geographical elements. (3) The number of recreational facilitir, distance to the city center, and the number of public service facilities had stronger explanatory power. The explanation power of double-factor interactions were stronger than which of single factors. (4) The clustering characteristics of Airbnb in Beijing were the result of the coupling and interaction among various elements, namely the hosts, guests, government, and platform, and these elements affected in different forms and to different degrees. Theoretically, this paper deepen the research on the tourism accommodation industry in China. Practically, empirical evidence from this study has great implications for the layout of P2P accommodations and urban governance in the future.

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    XU Chunxiao, WANG Hongting
    ECOTOURISM. 2021, 11(5): 767-779. https://doi.org/10.12342/zgstly.20210066

    The measurement of the symbiotic energy level of scenic spots can provide guidance for the high-quality cooperative development of regional tourism. This paper defined the incremental nature of symbiotic energy and the concept of symbiotic energy in scenic spots. A measurement model of symbiotic energy in scenic spots was constructed based on the principle of symbiotic energy generation and considering the symbiotic loss. The model was also built after determining the attributes and relationship between the tourist flow of scenic spots and the ticket revenue after deducting the proportion of commission. Using OTA data, this study measured the symbiotic energy and symbiotic energy index of the scenic spots in Da Xiangxi Area and revealed the basic characteristics of the symbiotic energy of the scenic spots. The symbiotic energy of the scenic spots in western Hunan has a "pyramidal" hierarchical structure. The scenic spots with high symbiotic energy are prominent contributors to high-quality development. At the county spatial scale, there are three high density clusters in Wulingyuan District, Yongding District and Fenghuang County. The symbiotic energy characteristics of scenic spots can be used as the basis for classifying and guiding the high-quality development of tourism to promote the symbiosis and co-prosperity of regional tourism.

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    WANG Zhaofeng, TANG Guilin, ZHANG Haiyan
    ECOTOURISM. 2021, 11(5): 780-797. https://doi.org/10.12342/zgstly.20210040

    The coordinated development of urbanization and ecosystem is an important foundation for building a harmonious society. It is also essential to promote high-quality and sustainable development in the region. This paper takes Zhangjiajie, a typical tourist city, as an example. Based on the comprehensive evaluation of tourism urbanization level and ecosystem service value from 2005 to 2018 in Zhangjiajie, the coupling coordination degree model and gray correlation degree model were used to explore the coupling coordination degree and influencing factors between the two systems. The results show that: (1) In terms of comprehensive development level, the level of urbanization of tourism is accelerating. The ESV shows an "inverted V-shaped" change trend that first increases and then decreases. Spatially, it appears as an increasing urban center-periphery trend. (2) In terms of the development level of coupling coordination, an inverted U-shaped development trend is showed during the study period, from extreme imbalance to high-quality coordination and then to mild imbalance. The development of the two subsystems was unbalanced and unstable. (3) In terms of influencing factors, highway passenger turnover, urban sewage treatment rate, and the number of star-rated hotels in the tourism urbanization system have the greatest impact on the coupling system. At the same time, each service function in the ecosystem has a high impact. The development of tourist cities must integrate ecological protection throughout.

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    LIU Jun, LIU Jiwei, YUE Mengting
    ECOTOURISM. 2021, 11(5): 798-810. https://doi.org/10.12342/zgstly.20210057

    In the process of transforming the natural resources of nature reserves into natural capital, the confirmation of the main body of the buyers and sellers of ecological credit, transaction procedures, and quota allocation have always been practical problems. Based on the mechanism model and operating experience of foreign eco-bank, this article attempts to construct an eco-bank operation model based on the evaluation of eco-resources from the three aspects of organizational structure, credit standards, and transaction methods. Taking the Shennongjia National Park pilot project as an empirical case, referring to the existing research results of the ecosystem service value equivalent table and the equivalent factor correction of different land use types, the evaluation of the ecosystem service value of the Shennongjia National Park in 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2018 found The ecological credit of river channels, tidal flats, and forest land is the highest, and the ecological credit of paddy fields, dry land, and construction land is the lowest. This proposed the lower limit of ecological credit for Shennongjia National Park, with a view to building an ecological bank mechanism and ecological credit standards for Shennongjia National Park and other nature reserves Provide reference for the determination.

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    ZHU He, LI Xiaoling, LIU Xiaoqian, QIN Xionghe
    ECOTOURISM. 2021, 11(5): 811-824. https://doi.org/10.12342/zgstly.20210051

    Military heritage is a very important type of historical resource, especially due to its value in history education, knowledge broadcasting, and patriotism education. Thus, the military heritage can be regarded as a unique tourism resource. After reviewing the study of military heritage at home and board as well as consulting experts, this paper proposes the assessment system of military heritage's tourism value. The system consists of two primary categories including element value and persistence value, and seven subcategories including recreational value, historical value, aesthetic value, social value, uniqueness, scale, popularity, integrity, tourism suitability, carrying capacity, and safety. Moreover, the system has 28 sub-subcategories. After applying Analytic Hierarchy Process of expert scoring to form the indicator weight, this paper proposes the evaluation index system of military heritage's tourism value and constructs the comparison diagram of military heritage's tourism value evaluation to guide the individual resource development order from the resource pool.