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Arid Land Geography ›› 2024, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (9): 1596-1605.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2023.623

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Spatiotemporal evolution and driving factors of high-quality development of cultural and tourism integration in border ethnic areas in western China

XU Xiaoliang(), LIU Xuyi, GUAN Jingyun(), YANG Jingjing, WANG Mingchen, BAO Longfei   

  1. School of Tourism, Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics, Urumqi 830012, Xinjiang, China
  • Received:2023-11-03 Revised:2023-12-14 Online:2024-09-25 Published:2024-09-24
  • Contact: GUAN Jingyun E-mail:xuxiaoliang@xjufe.edu.cn;guanjingyun@xjufe.edu.cn

Abstract:

Tourism is a strategic pillar industry of the national economy, playing a role in cultural prosperity, national unity and stabilizing the border. Border ethnic areas in western China are rich in cultural and tourism resources, and promoting the high-quality development of cultural and tourism integration is an important hand in promoting the interaction, communication and integration of various ethnic groups and casting a firm sense of Chinese national community. Taking the border ethnic areas as the research object, based on the multi-indicator panel data from 2011 to 2020, we measure the level of high-quality development of culture and tourism, analyze the spatiotemporal evolution of the coordination degree, and identify the driving factors. The study found that: (1) The level of high-quality development of culture and tourism in the border ethnic areas is generally on the rise, the impact of the new crown epidemic on tourism is obvious in 2020, and the level of high-quality development of culture is higher than the level of high-quality development of tourism due to the influence of historical and cultural precipitation and cultural exchanges. (2) The degree of coordination of high-quality development of cultural and tourism integration in all provinces and regions is rising in fluctuation, and the level of coordination is gradually optimized. The coordination level of high-quality development of cultural and tourism integration is higher in Guangxi and Yunnan, forming the “Matthew effect”. (3) The investment level, policy support, market supply and transportation conditions are the important driving force for the high-quality development of cultural and tourism integration in the border ethnic areas, among which the investment level shows the strongest utility. The results of the study provide theoretical basis and data support for the high-quality development of culture and tourism integration in border ethnic areas, which can help strengthen the construction of cultural tourism, realize the transformation and upgrading of tourism, and enhance the vitality and influence of culture.

Key words: integration of culture and tourism, high-quality development, border ethnic areas in western China, spatiotemporal evolution, driving factors