This article deals with the spatial structures of
tourist markets of ten tourist places belonging to three types such as
tourist theme park, national parks and cultural cities.Part one introduces the situations of the ten tourist places. Part two indicts the methods and procedure of the study. Firstly, the distribution maps of markets are drawn in Arcview with the tourist percents as value. Then the concentration ratios and geographic concentration indexes are calculated and used to explain the spatial
structure quantitatively. Part three are the results of the comparison. First, the
tourist markets are all concentration greatly with big ratios and geographic indexes, but the markets structure of the old and famous tourist places with good translation conditions are not so concentration. Second, the distance decay phenomenon is evidently. Third, the scope of tourist market is determined by no more than one element such as famous degree, accessibility, and so on. Forth, the eastern area of China is the common markets of the ten tourist places. Part four are the conclusion and discussion. The reasons of the aforementioned results are explained. At the end, the applications of this study in tourist plan and market are discussed.