Notice of RetractionModel Selection and Realization Approaches for the Tourism Development and Environmental Protection of the National Geopark in China

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Based on the introduction to the connotation and characteristics of ecotourism, this paper makes a detailed comparison between the Geopark tourism and ecotourism in terms of their respective function and of tourism main body, tourist object, and the tourism media. A conclusion is thus reached that ecotourism is the inevitable way and strategic choice for the sustainable development of the National Geopark in China. The author then points out four basic and necessary realization methods for the sustainable development of ecotourism within the national geoparks, and these are the method for the balance between environmental protection and ecotourism development, management method, technical method and method of intelligence support, namely education of environmental consciousness, establishing the interest adjustment and distribution mechanism among the interested parties, planning for the protection and development of the national geopark and combining the strengths of experts from diverse fields to conduct the fundamental cross-disciplinary studies.