Construction of an Evaluation System for Island Tourism Resources
海岛旅游资源评价体系构建研究

Island tourism is not only important to the utilization of marine resources and the development of the marine industry, but also for the widening of a modern tourism development path. Evaluating and planning tourism resources scientifically will improve the quality of island tourism and improve comprehensive benefits. Research into evaluation systems for island tourism in China is absent or limited. Here, we constructed an evaluation index system for island tourism resources in line with the characteristics of China's islands. Our system includes four levels, 58 indexes and three aspects: condition of tourism resources, regional conditions, and location characteristics. The evaluation system is the result of practical research and a questionnaire and scoring table for experts. The results show that the weight of tourism resource conditions is the largest of the three categories affecting the abundance of island tourism resources; the weight of regional condition is second, and the weight of location feature is third. Therefore, the process of planning and developing island tourism resources must have a key point and be of an advanced level. This study fills the theoretical void for systems of evaluation for island tourism within China; the study also has practical significance. The island tourism resource evaluation system described here is suitable for a national context across the whole of China and provides a basis and reference for future tourism planning and development of China's islands.