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Arid Land Geography ›› 2022, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (1): 298-309.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000–6060.2021.190

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Spatiotemporal evolution and function of the coordination level of the multi-system of rural tourism public service in China

ZHANG Xincheng1(),GAO Nan1(),WANG Linyan2   

  1. 1. College of Culture Tourism, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030031, Shanxi, China
    2. School of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710054, Shaanxi, China
  • Received:2021-04-26 Revised:2021-06-09 Online:2022-01-25 Published:2022-01-21
  • Contact: Nan GAO E-mail:reddblue123@163.com;gaonan0901@163.com

Abstract:

The degree of coordination of rural tourism public information services, security services, convenient transportation services, people-friendly services, and public administrative services in 30 Chinese provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) from 2007 to 2018 was measured using a five-element system coupling model, and the application dynamics were investigated. The evolution model examines the state of the five-element subsystem’s operating results and its linear velocity evolution process and explores the mechanism of the five-element system’s coupled and coordinated development through the qualitative comparison method. The study discovered that: (1) the overall level of coupling and coordination of the five-element system of rural tourism public services across the country is low, and there is a problem of system coordination imbalance. The unbalanced situation in space is mainly due to the different influences in the east, middle and west regions and their overlap. (2) The spatial structure evolution of the coupling degree of the five-element system exhibits a multi-polarization trend, and the linear evolution speed trend of the coupling degree is consistent with the law of diminishing marginal utility. The specific hotspot area presents the periodic characteristics of alternating fast and slow, and the temperature spot area enters the increasing direction of marginal effect. The cold spot area begins an upward cycle during the decreasing transition period. (3) Although there has been an overall improvement in the five-element subsystem, there are still significant differences between the systems, and the leading factors of each subsystem are also distinct, which has become an important reason for the low coupling of rural tourism public services. (4) The diversified and coordinated development of the national rural tourism public service system is the result of the joint action of the five major systems. Information services are sensitive factors, safety services are non-sensitive factors, transportation services are primary factors, people-benefiting services are internal support forces, and administrative services are external support forces.

Key words: rural tourism, tourism public service, coupling, Bayesian hierarchy spatio-temporal model