The Basic Characteristics and Spatial Pattern of the Tourist Routes in Sichuan Province

Spatial pattern of the tourist routes is not only one of the important areas in tourist route research,but also one of the important content of tourism geography research.Taking Sichuan Province as a case study,this paper comparatively discussed the basic characteristics and spatial pattern of tourism line and the characteristics of the destination type based on the detailed quotation of routes in top travel agencies.The results show that:Firstly,free tourism routes are increasingly favored by tourists in Sichuan Province.Secondly,Sichuan tourism customer market unbalancedly distributed.Shanghai,Guangdong,Beijing are major markets.Thirdly,tourists prefer to world heritage and Zang-Qiang cultural experience.Lastly,the plane is the first choice for tourists to Sichuan Province for traveling.In Sichuan Province,the frequency of round trip pattern is most,and center distribution destination and single destination are more,and full loop and destionation area loop are less.It is strongly associated with special terrain of Sichuan Province.Chengdu is the core destination.A'ba and Leshan are important way destination.A'ba,Chengdu and Ganzi are the primary single destinations.