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Arid Land Geography ›› 2026, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (1): 128-139.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2024.785

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Spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and driving factors of new quality productive forces development of cultural tourism in Xinjiang

ZHU Yiting1,2(), LIANG Guixian1, ZHOU Chunshan3(), XIN Long4, LI Jinxue1   

  1. 1 School of Tourism, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China
    2 Key Laboratory of Sustainable Development of Xinjiang’s Historical and Cultural Touism, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China
    3 School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, China
    4 School of Economics and Management, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China
  • Received:2024-12-24 Revised:2025-02-05 Online:2026-01-25 Published:2026-01-18
  • Contact: ZHOU Chunshan E-mail:yiting@xju.edu.cn;zhoucs@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Abstract:

This study constructs a comprehensive evaluation index system for the new quality productive factors of cultural tourism in Xinjiang of China from three dimensions of laborers, labor materials, and labor objects and uses the entropy method, spatial autocorrelation, geographic detector, and other research methods to explore the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and driving factors of the development level of the new quality productive factors of cultural tourism in 14 prefectures and regions of Xinjiang from 2013 to 2023. The results indicate that (1) From 2013 to 2023, the overall level of the new quality productivity in Xinjiang’s cultural tourism industry experienced a continuous growth trend, and the development levels of all dimensions have improved. The dimension of labor materials in cultural tourism witnessed the highest increase. (2) The development level of the new quality productivity in Xinjiang’s cultural tourism industry presents a spatial development pattern of “northern Xinjiang>southern Xinjiang>eastern Xinjiang”. The degree of spatial agglomeration has gradually weakened, but its overall characteristics are still evident. (3) Economic development level, industrial development level, market demand, scientific and technological investment intensity, education level, and transportation conditions are important driving factors for the development of new quality productivity in Xinjiang’s cultural tourism industry, among which transportation conditions and market demand have the most significant driving effects. The results provide data support for cultivating new quality productivity in Xinjiang’s cultural and tourism industry and help realize its high-quality development.

Key words: new quality productive forces of cultural tourism, spatiotemporal evolution, driving factors, Xinjiang