Wu Kejun, Wu Mengtao, An Zhihai, Jiao Hui
Tourism College of Northwest Normal University, Anning East Road No.967, Anning District, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
Tourism Development Research Academy of Gansu, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 31;15(1):3943. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-88157-3.
Assessing tourism ecological security is essential for balancing development with environmental sustainability, thereby guiding effective resource management and policy formulation within the tourism industry. This study evaluates the ecological security of Lanzhou's tourism sector, a city rich in historical and natural resources yet facing unique ecological challenges. Our objectives were to assess the current status of tourism ecological security in Lanzhou and provide actionable policy recommendations. We employed a comprehensive evaluation framework that integrates both qualitative and quantitative methods, including the DPSIR model, mean square deviation, and entropy methods for weight calculation, as well as TOPSIS for overall assessment and coupled coordination degree and obstacle degree models for subsystem analysis. The results indicate an upward trend in Lanzhou's tourism ecological security from 2009 to 2021, peaking in 2019 before experiencing a pandemic-induced decline in 2020-2021. While subsystem coupling coordination generally improved, the pressure and state subsystems exhibited instability. These findings offer valuable insights for similar regions and underscore the necessity for holistic management strategies. We recommend enhancing ecological monitoring, promoting sustainable tourism practices, and enhancing local community involvement in tourism management. These measures are crucial to improving Lanzhou's tourism ecological security and could serve as a model for other cities with similar development trajectories. Future research should focus on refining ecological security evaluation models and exploring the broader socio-economic impacts of ecological sustainability in tourism.
评估旅游生态安全对于平衡发展与环境可持续性至关重要，从而指导旅游业内部的有效资源管理和政策制定。本研究评估了兰州旅游业的生态安全，兰州这座城市拥有丰富的历史和自然资源，但面临着独特的生态挑战。我们的目标是评估兰州旅游生态安全的现状，并提供可操作的政策建议。我们采用了一个综合评估框架，该框架整合了定性和定量方法，包括DPSIR模型、均方差和熵权法用于权重计算，以及TOPSIS用于总体评估，耦合协调度和障碍度模型用于子系统分析。结果表明，2009年至2021年兰州旅游生态安全呈上升趋势，2019年达到峰值，随后在2020 - 2021年因疫情导致下降。虽然子系统耦合协调总体有所改善，但压力和状态子系统表现出不稳定。这些发现为类似地区提供了有价值的见解，并强调了整体管理策略的必要性。我们建议加强生态监测，推广可持续旅游实践，并加强当地社区对旅游管理的参与。这些措施对于提高兰州旅游生态安全至关重要，并可为其他具有类似发展轨迹的城市提供借鉴。未来的研究应侧重于完善生态安全评估模型，并探索生态可持续性在旅游业中更广泛的社会经济影响。
