Title: Evaluation method of rural ecotourism resource development potential based on an entropy-weighted TOPSIS model

Authors: Fanqi Meng

Addresses: School of Fine Arts and Design, Mudanjiang Normal University, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang Province, 157000, China

Abstract: To solve the problems of low recall rate, high relative error rate of weight calculation and low accuracy in traditional methods for evaluating influencing factors, this study proposes an evaluation method of rural ecotourism resource development potential based on an entropy-weighted TOPSIS model. The spatial distribution characteristics and influencing factors of rural ecological tourism resources are determined, and an indicator system for evaluation is built. The weights of the indicators are determined using the entropy weighting method, and an entropy-weighted TOPSIS model is built. The evaluation indicator data such as agricultural landscapes, economic conditions, and ecological conditions are input into the model, and the evaluation results are obtained relevant results. Experimental results show that the recall rate of the proposed method reaches a maximum of 98.71%, the average relative error rate of the indicator weight calculation is 3.15%, and the accuracy is above 88.2%.

Keywords: entropy-weighted TOPSIS model; rural ecotourism; ecotourism resource; development potential; spatial distribution characteristics; influencing factors; weights of the indicators.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2025.145808

International Journal of Sustainable Development, 2025 Vol.28 No.2/3, pp.235 - 251

Received: 14 Jun 2023
Accepted: 23 Oct 2023
Published online: 25 Apr 2025 *

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