Management College of Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.
School of Tourism and Geography Science, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
PLoS One. 2020 Nov 18;15(11):e0242029. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242029. eCollection 2020.
With the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative and the national strategy of "Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development in the Yellow River Basin", the tourism development of the Yellow River basin of China is facing important opportunity. However, the spatial differences of tourism economy and the unbalanced development of interprovincial resources has become a threat for the sustainable development of the basin. By using the statistical data from 2003 to 2018, this paper aims to identify the numerical feature and spatial patterns of tourism development in the Yellow River Basin from the aspects of tourist volume (domestic tourists and inbound tourists) and tourism income (income from domestic tourism and inbound tourism) at provincial and prefectural scales. Analysis of spatial autocorrelation reveals significant clusters and outliers of tourist volume and tourism income at prefectural scale. Location condition, terrain condition, culture resources, regional policies, the interregional relationship and tourism infrastructure were the main factors influencing the spatial differences of tourism development in the Yellow River Basin. The study could offer useful information for the regional tourism management in the Yellow River Basin.
随着“一带一路”倡议和国家“黄河流域生态保护和高质量发展”战略的实施，中国黄河流域的旅游发展面临着重要机遇。然而，旅游经济的空间差异和省际资源发展的不平衡已经成为流域可持续发展的威胁。本文利用 2003 年至 2018 年的统计数据，从省级和地级两个层面的游客量（国内游客和入境游客）和旅游收入（国内旅游收入和入境旅游收入）两个方面，确定了黄河流域旅游发展的数量特征和空间格局。空间自相关分析揭示了地级尺度上游客量和旅游收入的显著聚类和异常值。地理位置、地形条件、文化资源、区域政策、区域间关系和旅游基础设施是影响黄河流域旅游发展空间差异的主要因素。本研究可为黄河流域的区域旅游管理提供有益信息。
