Countermeasure Study on Sustainable Utilization of Tourism Resources and Tourism Environmental Pollution in Coastal Areas of the Pearl River Delta, China

摘要

The coastal area of Pearl River Delta in China is the most active core zone with great potential in thedevelopment pattern of China’s tourism economy. However, the development of tourism in this area hascaused serious pollution to the ecological environment. As a consequence, several problems, such as sea-land pollution and ecosystem imbalance, occur and affect the sustainable development of tourism. In thispaper, the land, water body, biotic environment, and air pollution in the area were analysed to understand thepollution in this region and to analyse the sustainable development of tourism resources. The mechanism ofthe interaction between external environments (nature, economy, society) and internal environments (subjectsand objects of tourism) was also investigated on the basis of the environmental carrying capacity. Resultsshowed that tourism caused pollution at different levels. With economic growth and increased awareness onenvironmental protection, the amount of pollution has been reduced. The natural subsystem in externalenvironments is more likely to be polluted, but the subsystems of economy and society can help alleviateenvironmental pollution. The subject of tourism in internal environments is the major cause of pollution, butthe incompetence of tourism objects can affect pollution control. This study focuses on the control overenvironmental pollution caused by tourism in the coastal area of the Pearl River Delta. This work is of greatsignificance for the coordinated and sustainable development of tourism and the environment.