Abstract Research findings based on CNKI indicate that the general research in the field of tourism planning by academics in China presents the following features as continual,rapid and comparatively steady . The central issues in the research field liein ecotourism,regional tourism,GIS,rural tourism,sustainable tourism,tourism in Western China,and stakeholder management . These issues have correlated and influenced one another . The researches on these issues have been carried out in a collaborative manner . Generally speaking,the research on tourism planning in China since 2000 has been gaining more and more theoretical supports from other disciplines and relevant researches are conducted from various perspectives . Lots of fresh ideas or advanced techniques have been constantly introduced into the field of tourism planning . The research levels of theabove mentioned issues are different .Some of the researches are still in the stage of theory introduction or concept employment,while the others have already been carried to or just ready for the depth of variable analysis .
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Received: 25 May 2009
Published: 16 October 2009
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