Agglomeration and/or differentiation at regional scale? Geographic spatial thinking of hotel distribution – a case study of Guangdong, China

Lei Fang, Yujing Xie, Shenjun Yao and Ting Liu

Current Issues in Tourism, 2021, vol. 24, issue 10, 1358-1374

Abstract: This study is among the first attempts to understand hotel location choice by developing a spatial framework based on spatial autocorrelation to investigate hotel pattern. By taking Guangdong Province, China as the study context, this research analyzes the differentiation and agglomeration effects of star-rated hotels in terms of absolute number and density at the county level with Local Moran’s I. The spatially diverse relationships between 13 factors and the number of star-rated hotels were quantified by regions classified by the Local Moran’s I. Results indicate that (1) counties with positive agglomeration were located south of the Pearl River Delta; (2) factors influencing hotel location choice varied across regions; and (3) attractions and urbanization do not always affect hotel location choices.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2020.1792852

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