Zhang Dapeng, Tu Jinghua, Zhou Lingxu, Yu Zhiyuan
School of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, 182# Nanhu Avenue, Wuhan 430073, PR China.
School of Tourism and Hotel Management, Dong Bei University of Finance and Economics, 217# Jiangshan Street, Dalian 116025, PR China.
Int J Hosp Manag. 2020 May;87:102509. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2020.102509. Epub 2020 Mar 20.
This study examines the effects of both specialization in tourism and market competition on the efficiency of the hotel industry. For this purpose, stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) was employed to evaluate the efficiency of the hotel industry on a provincial level in China and to analyze how it is impacted by specialization in tourism and market competition. The results confirm that tourism specialization and market competition exert a synergistic effect on hotel industry efficiency in China. This study finds that tourism development as represented by a high level of tourism specialization by a destination does not guarantee high efficiency in hotels but does enhance the negative effect of market competition on hotel industry efficiency. Significant policy and managerial implications stem from these findings.
本研究考察了旅游业专业化和市场竞争对酒店业效率的影响。为此，采用随机前沿分析（SFA）来评估中国省级层面的酒店业效率，并分析其如何受到旅游业专业化和市场竞争的影响。结果证实，旅游业专业化和市场竞争对中国酒店业效率产生协同效应。本研究发现，以目的地高水平的旅游专业化为代表的旅游业发展并不能保证酒店的高效率，但确实增强了市场竞争对酒店业效率的负面影响。这些发现具有重要的政策和管理意义。
