A Study of the Agglomeration of China's Convention Industry: An Economic and Neo-Economic Geography Framework Approach

Yan Zhang, Hailin Qu and Yingzhi Guo
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Yan Zhang: School of Business, East China Normal University, 500 Dong Chuan Road, Shanghai 200241, China
Hailin Qu: School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
Yingzhi Guo: Department of Tourism Management, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

Tourism Economics, 2011, vol. 17, issue 2, 305-319

Abstract: Accompanying the expansion of its opening up to the outside world, China has witnessed a steady increase in the area of international and regional communication, which has led to rapid development in the convention industry. This paper investigates the factors influencing the agglomeration of China's major convention-hosting cities under the framework of economic and neo-economic geography. The results of an empirical analysis reveal that factors such as a city's political or economic importance, service industry, regional GDP per capita and information accessibility are important aspects that may have an impact on the agglomeration of China's convention industry.

Keywords: agglomeration; economic geography; neo-economic geography; convention; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.5367/te.2011.0035

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