中文摘要：

旅游垃圾问题是旅游环境问题的重要组成部分，是旅游研究领域一个不容忽视的问题。但旅游垃圾的研究工作至今尚未引起国内外学术界的足够重视。在整合现有的旅游垃圾论点基础上，探讨旅游垃圾的概念及其主要特征，并以梅里雪山风景名胜区雨崩景区为例分析了旅游垃圾产生的主要根源。基于此，提出旅游垃圾研究中的几个重点问题，并对其进行了初步的理论探讨。

英文摘要：

Tourism waste is an important part of the tourism environmental problems, which can not be ignored in the tourism development and research. However, the issue has not yet drawn adequate attention both at home and abroad. This paper will compare the existent viewpoints about tourism waste,and put forward the concept and the central characteristics. Then this article will take the Yubeng Scenic Spot in Meili Snow Mountain scenic area as an example to analyze the several main issues ： a） the source of the tourism waste generated; b） the system of the tourism waste classification; c） the law of the tourism waste differentiation; d） the standard indicator system to evaluate the effectiveness of measures to deal with tourism waste based on the idea of ecological footprint. Lastly, this paper points out the obstacles of tourism waste classification, as well as the operating mechanism.