An analytic framework of RMP for regional tourism development: case study of Luoyang City
区域旅游开发的RMP分析——以河南省洛阳市为例

This paper develops a new framework of RMP for regional tourism development and planning. The model RMP framework consists of three key elements for regional tourism planning, which are Resource, Market, and Product, strongly emphasize that a tourism planner should have a comprehensive understanding these three determinants. The framework suggests that planners should research the resource basis of the region at first, then examine the characteristic of the market, and construct attractions, facilities and service for product spectrum building at last. The framework has been developed as an adaptation to current situation of China's tourism industry and has been implicated in the process of regional tourism planning in Luoyang city, one of the most famous Chinese ancient capital cities.