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Arid Land Geography ›› 2023, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (10): 1714-1722.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2022.614

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Spatiotemporal distribution patterns and driving factors of tourism information flow in Chinese provinces along the Belt and Road

YANG Li1,2(),FU Yuhui1,2,WANG Jiaojiao1,2   

  1. 1. School of Tourism, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China
    2. Key Laboratory of the Sustainable Development of Xinjiang’s Historical and Cultural Tourism, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China
  • Received:2022-11-20 Revised:2023-01-01 Online:2023-10-25 Published:2023-11-10

Abstract:

This study analyzed the spatial distribution pattern and driving factors of tourism information flow in Chinese provinces along the Belt and Road using spatial field strength, quadratic assignment procedure correlation analysis, and Geodetector. The following results were observed. (1) From 2012 to 2022, the development of the total field strength of tourism information flow in Chinese provinces along the Belt and Road is divided into three stages, such as high growth, deceleration growth, and rapid decline stage. (2) The agglomeration field strength in Chinese provinces along the Belt and Road shows a spatial distribution pattern, exhibiting high agglomeration in the northeast and southeast regions and low agglomeration in the northwest and southwest regions from 2012 to 2022. Moreover, the diffusion field strength demonstrates a spatial distribution pattern with Yunnan and Tibet as the center and the two places radiating outward, forming a gradual decrease from southwest to northeast of China. Additionally, the total field strength presents a multicore and multilevel distribution pattern with Xinjiang, Yunnan, Heilongjiang, and Guangdong as the total field strength areas of tourism information flow in the northwest, southwest, northeast, and southeast, respectively. (3) The push-pull resistance in three aspects affects the tourism information flow in Chinese provinces along the Belt and Road from 2012 to 2019. The total telecommunication services, number of internet broadband users, number of people working in the tourism industry, number of accommodation enterprises, number of business corporations in the tourism industry, number of corporate entities, total government investment in tourism, tourism resource endowment, and spatial distance are the crucial factors that affect tourism information flow.

Key words: tourism information flow, provinces along the Belt and Road, driving factors, China