Carbon Footprint Evaluation of Tourism Transportation System in Tourist Attractions and Analysis of the Influencing Factors: A Case Study in Hengshan
旅游风景区旅游交通系统碳足迹评估及影响因素分析——以南岳衡山为例

As climate change is receiving more and more attentions from the world,low-carbon tour is gradually becoming the practical choice of countries to develop tourism.And as a result,a new concept,carbon footprint emerges.By constructing carbon emission life-cycle model of tourism transportation system in tourist attractions and taking quantitative research on carbon footprint of the system,this article aims to provide decision-making basis for low-carbon tourism development in Hengshan scenic spots.Taking Hengshan as a case and using life-cycle evaluation theory,this article has constructed a carbon footprint calculation model of tourism transportation system in Hengshan scenic spot.The results show that:1)In terms of total volume,different types of transportation mode have greatly different carbon footprints.The biggest threat to the environment of tourist attractions is tourist communication on highway,whose total carbon footprint is 2.6 times that of tourist traffic by cableway and 46.1 times that of tourist traffic by sidewalk;2)In terms of influencing factors,the increasing of carbon emission is deeply affected by energy structure and population scale,which have produced 45.5%and 145.8%of carbon increment respectively.Energy intensity effect and economic scale effect are main efficiency factors of carbon emission reduction,which accumulatively achieved 73.8%and 17.6%of carbon emission reduction respectively.Therefore,we should put emphasis on low carbon propaganda and rational choice of tourism vehicles so as to establish a better transportation operation mechanism.Here are some suggestions:first,tourists’environmental consciousness-"Low-Carbon Tour"should be strengthened;second,low-carbon vehicles should be used cautiously according to the characteristics of infrastructures in Hengshan scenic spot;third,we should make operation mechanism to be more reasonable in order to quicken the steps in building low-carbon tourism transportation.