Comprehensive analysis of the tourism value of linear heritage corridor in the Silk Road on the northwestern China

As the commercial and cultural interchange with both the Chinese and the Western,the Silk in the northwest China,is known as the Golden Tourist Route and shows huge potential of development of tourism for its rich historical cultural tradition and rich tourism resources.In recent years,the comprehensive assessment and tourism development problems about the resource value of the Golden Tourist Route has already become the hot topic of both the tourist circle and the academic circle,such as some exploratory research results like the human spirit and the characteristics of the special development of the Silk Road,the declaration of the world heritage and the formation of the Northwest Tourism Circle,which is of vital importance to upgrade the image and the status of the northwest Silk Road Tour in the international tourism market.Based on the concept and perspective of linear heritage corridor,this essay establishes the appraisal index system which consists of 4 aspects,8 factors,32 indexes of the conditions of the corridor resources,regional social conditions,the conditions of the environment of the corridor,and the conditions subject to tourism protection and development potential,and makes the comprehensive quantitative assessment of the tourism value of the provinces such as Shaanxi,Gansu,Ningxia,Qinghai and Xinjiang which are covered by the Golden Tourist Route,by using the Analytical Hierarchy Process.The result shows that,the conditions of the corridor resources have the most influence on the comprehensive tourism value of the corridor(0.625),and other elements,successively,are the regional social conditions(0.199),the security conditions and development potential(0.115),and the conditions of the environment of the corridor(0.061);the province which has the highest score of the comprehensive value system is Shaanxi(0.370),and the scores of Gansu(0.215),Xinjiang(0.211) are the second highest,the scores of Qinghai(0.100) and Ningxia(0.089) are lower,which obviously shows the hierarchical organization and analyses the provincial difference between the impact of different indexes,and to put forward relative suggestions and strategies.The aim of this essay is to proclaim the direction and the trend of the development of the Silk Road,and to make the tourism of the Silk quickly and well developed.