A Modified Ecological Footprint Model and Analysis of Zhangjiajie

Tourism ecological footprint is divided into transferable ecological footprint(TEF)and nontransferable ecological footprint(NTEF).The nontransferable ecological footprint reflects the pressure of the environment influence in the tourism area,whereas the transferable ecological footprint reflects the pressure of the environment that can be transferred to the other regions by trade.The new model is of advantages to measure the real pressure of environment influence in the tourism area.Zhangjiajie was taken as a case and the tourism ecological footprint of Zhangjiajie in 2006 was calculated and analyzed.The results show that the ecological footprint is 344 972.46 hm2.The TEF and NTEF are respectively 123 903.53 hm2 and 221 068.93 hm2.These say the pressure of environment that Zhangjiajie had to accept in 2006 was221 068.93 hm2,the pressure of the environment that can be transferred to the other regions was 123 903.53 hm2.