The Synergistic Evolution Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Tourism Economy and Urban Green Development Efficiency in the Yellow River Basin

Weimin Gong, Chengxin Wang, Dan Men (), Ming Zhang and Aixia Xu
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Weimin Gong: School of Tourism, Shandong Women’s University, Jinan 250300, China
Chengxin Wang: College of Geography and Environmental Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250300, China
Dan Men: College of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Ming Zhang: School of Tourism, Shandong Women’s University, Jinan 250300, China
Aixia Xu: School of Tourism, Shandong Women’s University, Jinan 250300, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 19, 1-22

Abstract: In the context of the “ecological priority and green development” strategy, examining the co-evolution between the tourism economy and the efficiency of urban green development can offer both theoretical insights and quantitative foundations to support ecological preservation and high-quality development in China’s Yellow River Basin. This research utilized approaches such as the Haken model and the geographically and temporally weighted regression model to investigate the spatiotemporal patterns, synergistic characteristics, and driving factors of the tourism economy and urban green development efficiency within the Yellow River Basin. The findings reveal the following: (1) Regional disparities in the tourism economy are progressively widening, whereas the efficiency of green development tends to decline. Furthermore, both the tourism economy and urban green development efficiency display “high-high clustering” and “low-low clustering” spatially. (2) The synergistic evolution of the two systems displays spatial characteristics of transitioning from polarization to trickle-down effects. (3) Natural factors such as topography and vegetation coverage, as well as human economic factors like industrial structure and the degree of openness, positively promote the synergy. However, elements such as temperature, precipitation, economic development level, and openness to innovation have a certain inhibitory effect on the synergistic evolution.

Keywords: tourism economy; green development; synergistic evolution; yellow river basin (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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