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<p>Although tourism significantly contributes to economic development, the excessive pursuit of economic benefits is associated with increasing land use activities and ecological issues. The land use changes and their ecological disturbance patterns that accompany the development of tourist attractions remain unclear. This paper introduced a Tourist Attractions Ecological Disturbance Index (TAEDI) to quantitatively assess ecological disturbances in 137 5&#xa0;A-level and 1,709 4&#xa0;A-level tourist attractions during 2000–2020 in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China. The findings revealed that negative ecological disturbances were found in the majority of major tourist attractions. Specifically, 4&#xa0;A-level and cultural tourist attractions exhibited greater negative ecological disturbance than 5&#xa0;A-level and natural tourist attractions. The spillover effect of tourist attractions on the surrounding environment displayed a distance decay pattern, with 4&#xa0;A-level tourist attractions having a stronger spread of ecological disturbances. These findings deepen our understanding of the relationship between land use and ecological disturbances in tourist attractions, providing insights into the trade-off between ecological protection and tourism development.</p>

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Ecological disturbance from land use threatens sustainable tourism in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

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    2026年7月2日

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  • Zhixin Liu,
  • Xuesong Kong,
  • Feifei Lin,
  • Ping Jiang

摘要

Although tourism significantly contributes to economic development, the excessive pursuit of economic benefits is associated with increasing land use activities and ecological issues. The land use changes and their ecological disturbance patterns that accompany the development of tourist attractions remain unclear. This paper introduced a Tourist Attractions Ecological Disturbance Index (TAEDI) to quantitatively assess ecological disturbances in 137 5 A-level and 1,709 4 A-level tourist attractions during 2000–2020 in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China. The findings revealed that negative ecological disturbances were found in the majority of major tourist attractions. Specifically, 4 A-level and cultural tourist attractions exhibited greater negative ecological disturbance than 5 A-level and natural tourist attractions. The spillover effect of tourist attractions on the surrounding environment displayed a distance decay pattern, with 4 A-level tourist attractions having a stronger spread of ecological disturbances. These findings deepen our understanding of the relationship between land use and ecological disturbances in tourist attractions, providing insights into the trade-off between ecological protection and tourism development.