THE CONSERVATION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOTANG ANCIENT TOWN
ABSTRACT: Fotang, as an ancient business center and port, has a long history and profound cultural. Now the ancient town urgently needs rescue protection, and has great potential of tourism development. This article sorted the valuable historical and cultural resources of Fotang ancient town; described the town's current situation of conservation and development, analysis the advantages and disadvantages that exist; compared the Fotang ancient town and Wu ancient town to find the valuable entry point; made a feasibility analysis of the ancient town's conservation and tourism development programs in different point of views; consider the necessity and feasibility of the industrial protection and development to the ancient town; made a systematic investigation of the ways to protect ancient town, and used the theory of “point-line-plane-block” flexibility to plan a system for the development plan of the ancient town, specific analysis the characteristic of Fotang ancient town to make a difference, among them, the focus of the study are the development of the two lines, one of them is the line between the Fotang ancient town and the Yiwu international trade city, and the another is the line between the Fotang ancient town and the exhibition industry. This protection and development program is able to operational and supported by a strong theory.
Key words: Fotang ancient town；conservation；tourism development；point-line
-plane-block；characteristic
