Study On The Evaluation Of Regional Tourism Industry Growth And Its Spatial Difference

In 1978, alonging with the reform and opening up, the tourism in China has entered a new period. After 30 years, the tourism has taken off and caught up with, even surpassed the other fields, and had became an important strength to promot countries progress of economic and social. At present, there are a number of provinces and districts in China which treat the tourism as the key industry, leading and pillar industry. The local government vigorously supports the development so that regional tourism has become an important part of regional economic system. Therefore, the deep study on the problem of regional tourism growth is not only the objective requirement to promote the competitive power of national tourism, but also the realistic demand for the region to develop the third industry, optimizie the industrial structure and promote local economy.Based on the theory of consideration, since the 1980s, the growth problem of industry had entered the home and abroad scholars view. However, the research in this respect is not mature arid perfect so far. Based on practical consideration, when the regional tourism is prosperous, the difference of the growth space of regional tourism becomes also increasingly obvious.Therefore, how to correctly evaluate the development of regional tourism, to analysis and identify the tourism growth situation in various regions are the problems which need to be addressed and deepen.Based on the comprehensive study of relevant theory and literature, the concepts of the growth of regional tourism were clarified; instructed by the system throry and combined with regional characteristics, this paper systematically sums up and analyzes the factors which influence the growth of regional tourism and the relationship between them, constructs GIE analysis framework of the growth of regional tourism industry from three aspects including Governmental Policy, Industrial Development and External Environment, thus establishing an Assessment Model. Then, the necessary cross section date of 2012 was collected, the quantity statistic analysis methods of Factor Analysis, Accumulating Category Analysis and Returning Analysis Model were applied, the growth of tourism of China’s 31 provinces were assessed and studied, in order to make them clear the major factors that effect China’s tourism growth; based on the aforementioned theoretical analysis and quantity analysis results, the statistic analysis methods of Exploratory Spatial Date Analysis, Trend Analysis were applied, in order to describe its distribution situation, thus revealing the spatial differences. Finally, based on the "bucket law", taking the "poor club"—western region as a case study, the optimized solutions were worked out.The main conclusion of the paper are as follows:(1)The GIE analysis framework of regional tourism growth is composed by Governmental Policy, Industrial Development and External Environment.(2)Both of the three levels and the comprehensive growth level, in China, the geographic distribution basically shows that the East is higher than other area.(3)The main factors that effect the growth level would be arrayed according to effecting power, as is the Security Environment, the Promoting Policy, the Tourism Input-Output, the Security Policy, the Core Industry Development, the Economic Environment, the Ecological Environment and the Industry Cluster.(4)The regional tourism growth curve shifts to right, and the tourism growth overall level is low, provincial tourism growth level is significantly different.(5)The tourism system development is not perfect in our country. The level of tourism growth is not balanced, showing the bipolar differentiation characteristics. And the middle & low levels’ provinces flourishes in clusters, presenting "Convex" characteristics.(6)The various types of provincial tourism growth exists homoplasy. They present "Ribbon" "Slug" and "Ring" spatial form basically and have distinctive characteristics of grade distribution.(7)The regional tourism growth level in our country exists significant spatial coeerlation and spatial heterogeneity. The whole situation presents significant spatial coeerlation and the local situation presents polarization state.The main innovation points of the paper include:(1)The selection of this subject shows kind of novelty of the comprehensive evalution and analysis of the growth of tourism among the provinces in China; through the exploration,the regional tourism industry of our country has a unique spatial distribution pattern.(2)Considering the regional tourism as a multi-level complex system, on this basis, the paper divided the key factors into three levels of the Governmental Policy, Industrial Development and External Environment, and ceeated the GIE analysis framework of the the regional tourism growth.(3)On the basis of the analytical framework, the paper built up a comprehensive evaluation system creatively to reflect tourism growth level as much as possible with existing date. It proved the existence of a set of criteria to evaluate tourism growth level objectively in theory.