A Case Study On Spatial And Temporal Disparity Of Tourism Economy Development In The Western Hunan

Differences of regional tourism economy is a kind of common social economic phenomenon. It is often caused by the differences of regional tourist resources endowment, tourism traffic, tourism infrastructure conditions and economic development level. Correct understanding of differences in the regional tourism economic development has an important significance to optimization of the tourism resource allocation, determining the direction of tourism development and promoting the sustainable development of regional tourism industry.The method of single index and multi index were applied for the study on the aspect of spatial and temporal disparity of tourism economy development in The western Hunan, based on data collected from36counties from2002to2011. By selecting tourism revenues of every county in The western Hunan from2002to2011, and using the methods of extreme difference, standard deviation, variation coefficient and theil coefficient to analyze the time evolution of regional tourism economy. Secondly, using spatial analysis method of ESDA to study spatial pattern for regional difference of tourism revenues from2002to2011and comprehensive score of tourism in2011. Then, using SPSS19.0to set up the important influence of tourist economy multiple linear regression model to explore the reason of the difference of tourism economy development. Finally, it puts forward some countermeasures and suggestion on promoting the sustainable development of tourism economy in The western Hunan.Based on study on spatial and temporal disparity of tourism economy development in The western Hunan, the results of the study are as follws:(1)From2002to2011, the extreme difference and standard deviation of tourism revenues have been increasing. However, variation coefficient and theil coefficient have been reducing which means that the absolute differences of tourism economy among36counties were appeared an accelerated growth. On the contrast, the relative differences of tourism economy was diminished.(2)The global Moran’s I of tourism revenues presents positive spatial autocorrelation and has a obvious spatial congregation from2002to2011. Through the analysis of local spatial autocorrelation, the36counties are divided into three types in2002.Yongding and Wulingyuan are in HH district, Fenghuang and Xinning are in HL, and the other counties are in LL district. However, Hecheng turn into HL district, Huayuan, Jishou, Luxi, Mayang, Zhongfang, Wugang turn into LH district in2005. In2011, Xinning turn into HH district. Jishou and Longhui turn into HL district and the number of LL district reduce into21counties.(3) The global Moran’s I of comprehensive score of tourism economy presents positive spatial autocorrelation and has a obvious spatial congregation in2011. Local spatial autocorrelation results show that Wulingyuan, Yongding and Xinning are in HH district, Jishou, Fenghuang, Hecheng and Longhui are in HL district, Sangzhi, Cili, Huayuan, Luxi and Zhongfang, Yongshun, Mayang, Wugang are in LH district, and the other counties are in LL district.(4)Tourism resources endowment, tourism traffic, tourism infrastructure conditions and economic development level are the important factors that influence the development of tourism economy. Using multiple linear regression method to research these factors, and results show that the influence degree of these factors are as follows: economic development level, tourism traffic, tourism resources endowment, tourism infrastructure conditions.(5)According to the situation of tourism economic development and social economy, the strategies of developing the radiation effects of tourism growth pole, strengthen regional cooperation in tourism, developing characteristic tourism products and improving the tourism infrastructure are put forward to promote the sustainable development of tourism economy in The western Hunan.