The Present Situation and Development Research of Recreation Ecology

With the continuous development of society, the problem of the tourism also appears more outstanding. The article analyzed the relationship between ecotourism and recreation ecology on the basis of the understanding and researching, and put recreation ecology forward a deeper level of request. How to develop the tourism, including ecotourism, is the problem to be solved. Five research methods about recreation ecology were introduced, namely the field survey method, the positioning method, the ecological simulation method, the modern information technology method and the tourism evaluation and planning method, from the point of view of research methods to elaborate the present situation of recreation ecology at home and abroad. The relationship of recreation ecology and landscape ecology, landscape architecture, biological statistics and the potential were discussed at the end of the article.