Abstract
Successful green tourism approaches have been implemented in the Tianyuan District of Zhuzhou City for about 10 years. Recently, green tourism has been developing in order to improve the quality of tourism, with gaining attention from the green tourism administration, operators and visitors. In this study, the current state and development of green tourism in Hunan Province was examined. By taking on-site experiences and exchange activities at the green tourism sites as study examples, based on visitor and operator investigations, focusing on the key points of green tourism, especially based on on-spot investigation, the driving force of green tourism development, relationship between the green tourism administration, operators and visitors, and the development trend of green tourism in Hunan Province are summarized.
