Wei, Q. and Zhao, Z., 2020. Research on evaluation of coastal city water sports tourism resources based on set pair analysis. In: Bai, X. and Zhou, H. (eds.), Advances in Water Resources, Environmental Protection, and Sustainable Development. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 115, pp. 190-192. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.

With the rapid development of China's tourism industry, coastal cities are gradually developing into the backbone of China's tourism industry with their unique resource advantages, superior location conditions and excellent ecological environment. Each component of coastal sports tourism resources has important value and significance for the utilization and development of sports resources, and plays different roles and functions in sports tourism. Sports tourism is a new industry covering tourism industry and sports industry. How coastal cities combine their own resources and location advantages to develop unique tourism products has become an urgent problem to be solved. The proportion of sports tourism in tourism market share is increasing year by year, which gradually shows its important position in social and economic development. This paper analyzes the evaluation methods of water sports tourism resources in coastal cities, hoping to provide reference for the development of sports tourism industry in China.