Abstract
As a core interdisciplinary branch of geography and tourism studies, tourism geography has long been dedicated to analyzing the spatial processes, regional responses, and complex mechanisms of tourism activities, gradually forming a distinctive theoretical system and methodological framework. This paper focuses on five major frontier topics in current disciplinary development: spatial cognition and intelligent simulation driven by digital transformation, the construction of tourism system resilience under multiple disturbances, the spatial coupling mechanisms of multi-scalar tourism flows, tourism-led restructuring processes of rural spaces, and the co-evolutionary pathways of tourism and ecosystems. By systematically reviewing the paradigm shifts and innovative research trajectories of tourism geography, this paper aims to distill key frontier directions and construct an integrated framework for understanding complex tourism systems, thereby providing theoretical support and practical references for future academic research and policy-making.
