Spatial Differentiation, Influencing Factors, and Development Paths of Rural Tourism Resources in Guangdong Province

Chenmei Liao, Yifan Zuo, Rob Law, Yingying Wang and Mu Zhang ()
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Chenmei Liao: Shenzhen Tourism College, Jinan University, Shenzhen 518053, China
Yifan Zuo: School of Physical Education, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518061, China
Rob Law: Asia-Pacific Academy of Economics and Management, Department of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau, Macau 999078, China
Yingying Wang: School of Physical Education, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518061, China
Mu Zhang: Shenzhen Tourism College, Jinan University, Shenzhen 518053, China

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-18

Abstract: Rural tourism resources are the core carriers of rural tourism. It is, therefore, beneficial to further optimize the layout of rural tourism and to explore the spatial differentiation of rural tourism resources and their influencing factors. Taking 4670 rural tourism resources in Guangdong Province in China as the research object, this study explores the spatial distribution patterns of rural tourism resources through the nearest neighbor index, grid dimension analysis, kernel density analysis, and standard deviation ellipse method. Geodetectors are used to identify the influencing factors of the spatial heterogeneity of these resources in Guangdong Province. The findings reveal the following: (1) The distribution of rural tourism resources in Guangdong Province shows a tendency of agglomeration along the Tropic of Cancer, and the spatial distribution is unbalanced. The hot and cold spots show a “northeast-southwest” distribution trend. Furthermore, most of the hotspots form three high-density core areas, the sub-dense stretch zones connect into a w-shaped belt, and the sub-cold areas and sub-hot areas show a large expansion trend, thus forming five radiation areas. (2) The distribution of rural tourism resources in Guangdong Province is affected by multiple factors. In particular, the force of agricultural resource endowment, tourism resource endowment and transportation location are relatively strong, and social economy and tourist source market are the weak factors.

Keywords: rural tourism resources; spatial distribution; geodetectors; development paths (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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