Rural Tourism Network Evaluation Based on Resource Control Ability Analysis: A Case Study of Ning’an, China

Xue Jiang, Xiaoya Song, Hongyu Zhao and Haoran Zhang
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Xue Jiang: Urban Spatial Performance Assessment & Visualization & Decision-Making Lab, Jilin Jianzhu University, Changchun 130118, China
Xiaoya Song: Key Laboratory of Cold Region Urban and Rural Human Settlement Environment Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150006, China
Hongyu Zhao: Urban Spatial Performance Assessment & Visualization & Decision-Making Lab, Jilin Jianzhu University, Changchun 130118, China
Haoran Zhang: Future Energy Center, Malardalen University, 721 23 Vasteras, Sweden

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 4, 1-16

Abstract: Organization of rural tourism resources is important for optimizing rural land use based on rational resource classification. Quantitative analysis was performed to evaluate the resource control ability of rural tourism networks. This was achieved by determining the resource control relationship and assessing the structure of the rural tourism network. The ability of resource control was analyzed via resource abstraction, which included the extraction of resource nodes and corridors, control scope analysis, and network structure level evaluation. The proposed approach was applied to the Ning’an in Heilongjiang Province, China, and proved to be effective for exploring the network degree and development trends in rural tourism resources. By examining the resource control ability, the spatial characteristics and development trend in rural tourism networks were quantitatively analyzed, especially the connection mode of key tourism resources, network structure analysis, and resource linking ability. The core resources showed a lack of outward ability in the network, and the secondary resource expansion ability was limited. Via resource control ability analysis, this study focused on areas with rich tourism but an unbalanced spatial structure, combining the directional characteristics of the network to provide suggestions for the optimization rural tourism resources network in other regions of the world.

Keywords: tourism planning; rural tourism; spatial network analysis; resource control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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