大量调查研究表明,许多地区旅游资源的分布与贫困人口的分布是高度重叠的,尤其是那些区位偏远以及交通不便的地区,自然景观受人类活动干扰较小,自然生态系统保存较为完整,适合开发、发展生态旅游产业。因此,将旅游开发与扶贫有机结合应是消除贫困的最有效途径。论文针对这一问题论述了如下若干问题:其一,我国贫困县的分布与高品位生态旅游资源的分布高度重叠;其二,我国贫困县的分布与这些生态旅游资源的分布均在中西部地区,消除贫困与发展中西部旅游应是西部大开发战略的重要组成部分;其三,旅游在扶贫方面的优势是其他任何产业所无可比拟的;其四,应着手构建中国PPT旅游(ProPoorTourism,即有利于贫困人口发展的旅游)战略以及发展PPT旅游的战略措施,以期尽快消除我国的贫困问题。

Facts of numerous surveys indicate that the location of tourism resources is highly overlapped with poverty stricken areas,it is particularly so for ecotourism resources.Because those areas are always remote and under developed in mass transportation system,and less impacted by human economic activities and cultural intrusion,the natural environments and ethical culture have been kept in a good condition and served as a major tourist feature attracting an increasing number of visitors.Therefore,integrating poverty alleviation activities into the framework of tourism development is one of the most effective ways for alleviating poverty in those areas.However,neither international communities nor Chinese government,have paid enough attention to impacts of tourism development on poverty elimination.The following issues are fully addressed in this paper:(a)Some 592 severely poverty stricken counties in China possess extremely plentiful of tourism resources,where is the major field for implementing the Eight Seven Poverty Alleviation programme by central government.(b)The 592 poverty striken counties are mainly located in the middle and west part of China,where holds the greatest growth potential of Chinas future tourism economy but less potential in agricultural development and fragile environment.The suggestion is made for Chinese central government to take the integration of poverty alleviation with tourism development into the Project of Western Chinas Development.(c)Tourism industry has advantages over other economic sectors in relation to poverty alleviation.(d)It is suggested to build Chinas Pro Poor Tourism Strategy,and the relevant strategic measures at policy and planning framework level for developing pro poor tourism in China are pointed out in order to alleviate poverty in middle and west part of China through tourism development as soon as possible.