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Arid Land Geography ›› 2024, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (1): 170-180.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2023.271

• Regional Development • Previous Articles    

Coupling coordinative relationship and its obstacle factors between rural tourism and rural human settlement environment: A case of Shanxi Province

WANG Guanxiao1(),WANG Wei2,ZHANG Juanjuan3   

  1. 1. Academy of the Yellow River Cultural Ecology/Department of Culture and Tourism, Yuncheng University, Yuncheng 044000, Shanxi, China
    2. School of Culture Industry and Tourism Management, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, Henan, China
    3. College of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China
  • Received:2023-06-09 Online:2024-01-25 Published:2024-01-26

Abstract:

The coupling coordinative relationships between rural tourism and the rural human settlement environment in 11 prefecture-level cities of Shanxi Province, China, were quantitatively analyzed using an analytic hierarchy process and a coupled coordination model, based on the development of an evaluation indices system for rural tourism and the rural human settlement environment. Obstacle factors of the coupling coordinative relationships were diagnosed using an obstacle-degree model. The results showed that: (1) There were relatively high regional disparities in the levels of rural tourism and the rural human settlement environment in various prefecture-level cities, leading to significant spatial mismatches between the two. (2) Jinzhong, Linfen, and Yuncheng belonged to the rural tourism leading type of moderately coupled coordination level. Jincheng, Changzhi, and Lüliang belonged to the synchronous type of moderately coupled coordination level. Taiyuan and Yangquan belonged to the rural tourism lagging type of moderately coupled coordination level. Xinzhou and Datong belonged to the synchronous type of barely coupled coordination level. Shuozhou belonged to the rural tourism lagging type of primary coupled coordination level. (3) Infrastructure, public services, and industrial institutions were the key obstacle factors restricting the coupling coordinative development of rural tourism and the rural human settlement environment in Shanxi Province. There were significant disparities in the distributions of obstacles among the seven dimensions, and the key obstacle factors varied for each prefecture-level city. (4) In the future, Shanxi Province should strengthen infrastructure construction, improve public service levels, and optimize the supply of rural tourism. Based on the coupling coordinative relationships and the status of obstacle factors in each prefecture-level city, appropriate measures should be taken to promote sustainable and coordinated development of rural tourism and the rural human settlement environment.

Key words: rural tourism, rural human settlement environment, coupling coordinative relationship, obstacle degree, Shanxi Province