Analysis on Application of Ecotourism Carrying Capacity Management Tools in Forest Parks in China

With the formal establishment of the natural protected area system, the tourism development of forest park has changed orientation from resource utilization to ecological protection. Tourism carrying capacity has become one of the most important management tool in forest park management. Analysis were made on Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS), Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC), Visitor Experience and Resource Protection (VERP) and their practical characteristic, as well as on possibility of application to forest park management in China.