Abstract:

The study focuses on the high-quality development of ecotourism in the Yellow River Basin， which investigates nine provinces（regions）within the basin from 2017 to 2021. Specifically， the analysis employs Entropy-Weighted TOPSIS method， standard deviation ellipse and fuzzy set to analyze the spatial evolution and optimization path. The findings are as follows： The high-quality development level of ecotourism in the Yellow River Basin ranges from 0.026 and 0.867， which indicates considerable regional disparities. The spatial agglomeration in the direction of Northeast-Southwest is obvious， and the pulling effect of the southwestern region on the high-quality development of tourism in the Yellow River Basin is gradually increasing； Over the study period， the centre of gravity of high-quality development of ecotourism in the Yellow River Basin is moved in a south-westerly direction gradually， concentrated in the spatial range at 111.75°-111.16°E and 36.02°-35.53°N. The centre of gravity shows slight movement， covering 91.47 km in five years； and ecological environment protection is considered a necessary condition for realizing the high-quality development of ecological tourism in the Yellow River Basin. There are three kinds of condition： market-ecological governance， resource-service-ecological governance， and resource-service-ecological governance-market.

Key words: high-quality development, ecological civilization, Yellow River Basin