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An Analysis of China's Tourism Geography Papers and Documents in the Past Twenty Years——Research on Tourism Geography Papers Published in Geography Journal,Geography Research,Geography Science and Natural Resources Journal

Luyou xuekanPublished 1 January 2003
Liu Chang-xue
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Abstract

Geography Journal, Geography Research, Geography Science and Natural Resources Journal are the four authoritative nuclear periodicals in China's geography research. This paper gives an overall retrospect of the development of tourism geography research in the four above-mentioned periodicals since 1980s from the aspects of general introduction, tourism destinations, tourism resources and development, tourism sights, tourists' behaviors and tourism market, tourism environment and ecological tourism, and theory and methodology research by means of counting and studying the time distribution of the amount of the papers published, regional distribution of the authors of the papers published, units from which the authors of papers come, research content, and research method. Conclusion of successful experiences in tourism geography research in these four periodicals is also drawn in this paper.

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Social SciencesBusiness, Management and Accounting