中文摘要：

从地理学角度分析“中部塌陷”背景下中部旅游发展的现象、结构、过程和机理对确立旅游业在“中部崛起”过程中的产业地位和发展方向具有重要意义。按照东部、中部、西部和东北的区划方法对大陆31个省份进行了分组，从“塌陷”概念出发，构造了表征“中部旅游塌陷”的理论假设模型。选定指标对四个区域内省份的旅游经济总量、旅游经济发展速度和旅游经济发展水平进行对比，结果表明：中部省份不存在“旅游塌陷”的现象和结构；四个区域资源竞争力、市场水平、空间区位、交通通达性和软环境水平等地理学因子区域优势度的比较结果表明：中部地区省份不存在“旅游塌陷”的物质条件。进而从“人一地关系”相互作用的角度出发，得到“由于游客旅游行为或目的地选择受政策影响较弱的开放性特征，使得在全国尺度上不存在‘中部旅游塌陷’现象的结论”。最后探讨了“中部崛起”过程中旅游业的产业地位和承担的职能。

英文摘要：

Under the background of the ＂Central China Downfall＂, it is crucial to study the phenomenon, structure, process ＆ mechanism of Central-China Tourism Development in the geographical perspective to establish the tourism industrial status and its developmental orientation in the process of ＂Central China Uplift＂. Based on the district location, the author divides China into four regions, induding East-China, Central-China, West-China and North-East-China. From the concept of ＂Central-China Tourism Downfall＂, the theoretical hypothetic model of which is constructed firstly. Then, some indicators, such as domestic tourism income and overseas tourism income, are extracted to be used to compare the gross tourism economy, the tourism developmental speed and its developmental level in the four regions. The study shows that all the indicators in Central-China are not inferior to the other districts, especially to West-China and North-East-China. So, the draft conclusion, the phenomenon and structure of ＂Central-China Tourism Downfall＂ do not exist, is obtained in this paper. According to construction of the model about Regional Advantage, the indicators of regional advantage of geographical factors, such as regional tourism resources competitiveness, the tourism market, the spatial location, traffic accessibility and soft environment, are compared in the four regions. The results shows that even the advantages in the four regions are different, but Central-China is also not inferior to the other districts, and sometimes its advantages are very distinctive, especially compared with West-China and North-East-China. So, the draft conclusion, its substance foundation of ＂Central-China Tourism Downfall＂ do not exist, is obtained. And then, from the interactive viewpoint of ＂Man-land relationship＂, the affecting intensity of the geographical factors and political factors are analyzed respectively. The results shows that the affecting intensity made by the former is greater than the later, tourism