The Study On The Spatial Distribution Of Star Hotels In Beijing

Ever since the policy of reforming and opening has been implemented, the national economy has been developing rapidly, and the tourism has been prospering as well. Due to the rapid growth in our national economy and tourism, the hotel industry has been developing at an alarming rate. For the time being, Beijing has the highest number of star hotels in all cities of China, which provides support for increasing exchange activities, such as tour and sightseeing, business affairs, and trade, and prepares well for becoming the world city in the future. Thus studying the spatial distribution characteristics of star hotels in Beijing has both practical and theoretical significance for the progress of a political and cultural city and the pattern of commercial land.Among the star-hotels spatial distribution related studies, their spatial statistical characteristics are rarely studied. This paper dissects information from 500 star hotels (all 1-5 star hotels within six districts of central Beijing) as research objects, and uses Crimestat and GeoDa softwares to analyze the point and area patterns of star hotels in Beijing respectively, attempting to investigate the spatial distribution from the perspective of spatial statistical analysis.We have obtained the following primary conclusions:(1) As a whole, hotels in Beijing are distributed in clusters, mainly located in fifteen hot spots such as CBD and Xizhimen; 1 star hotels are dispersed distributed, so are 2, 3, 4 and 5 star hotels, and the lower the star, the more the hotels are dispersed.(2) The hot spots of star hotels show a strong correlation with the distribution of functional areas which represents the characteristics of Beijing city; meanwhile, the way that different star hotels combine also demonstrate the function-oriented feature.(3) The density distribution of all star hotels in Beijing shows a positive spatial autocorrelation, so are the density distribution of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 star hotels. (4) High density areas tend to be located in the central area of Beijing and some streets that are adjacent to it, where high star hotels are surrounded by low- and middle-star hotels; While low density areas are often located in the edge of the city.(5) The spatial distribution of star hotels is associated with the distribution of business centers, tourist attractions, main traffic sites, and land rents, to some extent.