At present, tourism has become an important part of people's lives. As the pillar industry of national economy and the leader of modern service industry, tourism is an important force in the development of national economy. Tourism industry has attracted more and more travelers with its unique charm and has become a major industry in the domestic and international tourism market. Therefore, it is very important to strengthen the scientific and reasonable planning of tourism industry, and promote the transformation and upgrading of tourism industry to enhance the competitiveness of UT. In recent years, with the scale of the tourism market and the scale of the tourism industry and the rapid development of urban economic construction tourism industry has brought unprecedented convenience and competition to the UT industry, which in turn has exacerbated the social crisis and the deterioration of the ecological environment has become one of the most prominent problems in the process of sustainable development of the tourism industry. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the value of strengthening natural environment protection to enhance the competitiveness of UT. The paper analyzes the problems and the competitiveness framework, and analyzes the selection of tourism competitiveness evaluation methods. The experimental results from the perspective of the development history of China's UT industry in time and the analysis of the regional UT industry competitiveness level can be seen from the analysis of the regional urban tourism (UT) industry competitiveness level rise and fall results in different regions during the decade, resulting in frequent fluctuations in the competitiveness evaluation level.

Yunxi Yu. Exploring the Value of Strengthening Natural Environment Protection to Enhance the Competitiveness of Urban Tourism. Nature Environmental Protection (2022), Vol. 3, Issue 2: 30-41. https://doi.org/10.38007/NEP.2022.030204.

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