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Arid Land Geography ›› 2023, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (8): 1366-1375.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2022.422

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Regional differences and influencing factors of efficiency of tourism aid for Xinjiang: Based on three-stage DEA and Tobit model

BAI Yang1,2(),HU Jingxuan1,2,CHEN Chunyan3,LU Wen1,2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory for Sustainable Development of Xinjiang’s Historical and Cultural Tourism, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China
    2. College of Tourism, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China
    3. Xinjiang Institute of Technology, Aksu 843100, Xinjiang, China
  • Received:2022-08-27 Revised:2022-11-15 Online:2023-08-25 Published:2023-09-21

Abstract:

The in-depth implementation of aid policy for Xinjiang promotes the efficiency of tourism aid in the region and improves the high-quality development of its tourism economy. Based on the three-stage data envelopment analysis and Tobit model, this paper measured the factors influencing the efficiency of tourism aid in Xinjiang from 2015 to 2019 and regional differences. The results show that: (1) Environmental factors have a strong influence on tourism aid efficiency. Overall, there is a large margin for improvement in tourism aid efficiency, which is mainly affected by efficiencies of scale. The trend of efficiency value change is pure technical efficiency>scale efficiency>comprehensive efficiency, and a distribution pattern corresponding to high values in the north of the region and low values in the south is evident. (2) Regional dummy variables, investment level, per capita educational investment, and attraction of tourism resources significantly improved efficiency. (3) From the perspective of vertical and horizontal compatibility and internal and external suitability, the mechanism influencing the efficiency of tourism aid in Xinjiang is summarized as comprising three periods, three dimensions, and seven aspects, and the changes and evolutionary course of tourism aid in Xinjiang are identified. The results have theoretical value and a meaningful reference for the macro-adjustment of aid policy in Xinjiang and the optimal allocation of aid resources in the future.

Key words: efficiency of tourism aid for Xinjiang, regional differences, influencing factors, three-stage data envelopment analysis model, Tobit model