HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2020, Vol. 59 ›› Issue (11): 146-152.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2020.11.031

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The spatio-temporal variation of tourism economy in Shanxi province

LU Xin1, 2   

  1. 1. Tourism Management Department of Shanxi Institute of Economic Management, Taiyuan 030024, China;
    2. School of Business Administration Northeastern University, Shenyang 110167, China
  • Received:2020-04-13 Online:2020-06-10 Published:2020-08-06

Abstract: A new tourism development planning for three plates of Yellow River, Great Wall and Taihang Mountain was made by the government of Shanxi province in the background of economic restructuring and the integration of culture and tourism. It means that the tourism economy of Shanxi has entered a new stage.The spatio-temporal variation of tourism economy in Shanxi province diminished gradually, by observing some indicators, such as Gini coefficient, absolute deviation, relative deviation, Theil index and so on. On the basis of correlation analysis of tourism income and influencing factors, economic development level, tourism resource, tourism infrastructure and services, the government of Shanxi province should reduce the regional difference of tourism economy by obeying the concept of comprehensive tourism, fulfilling the new tourism development planning for three plates, and developing cultural tourism resources.

Key words: Shanxi province, tourism economy, spatio-temporal variation

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