Spatiotemporal Changes in China’s Tourism Industry Development

Hui Zhang, Zancai Xia and Jiaxi Wang ()
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Hui Zhang: Tourism College, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Zancai Xia: Tourism College, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Jiaxi Wang: Business School, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 8, 1-31

Abstract: As a strategic pillar of the Chinese economy, high-quality development of the tourism industry has become a pressing demand in the contemporary era. Following the new developmental concept advocated by the Chinese government, this study has constructed a comprehensive set of indicators for high-quality tourism development. A thorough spatial analysis of the developmental quality of China’s provincial tourism industry from 2000 to 2021, as well as the developmental conditions of various subsystems, was conducted by employing the entropy–value–TOPSIS method, Dagum Gini coefficient, and ESTDA approach. The research has found that (1) the overall quality of China’s tourism industry has significantly improved, (2) the determinants of differences in tourism-development quality in China transitioned from endowment advantages to innovation capabilities. (3) positive spatial-agglomeration effects are evident in the developmental landscape of China’s tourism industry, (4) the quality of regional tourism development is closely related to the economic development of urban agglomerations, (5) China’s tourism industry demonstrates resilience and capacity for restructuring in the post-pandemic era.

Keywords: tourism industry; spatiotemporal changes; high-quality development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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