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Arid Land Geography ›› 2024, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (8): 1399-1410.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2024.120

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Spatial distribution pattern and causes of ice and snow tourism in China

ZHU Lei1,2,3(), LI Yannan1, XU Jiahui1, HU Jing2,3(), ZHU Fang1, LIANG Mangmang1   

  1. 1. School of Resources and Environment, Anqing Normal University, Anqing 246133, Anhui, China
    2. College of Urban and Environmental Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, China
    3. Wuhan Branch of China Tourism Academy, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, China
  • Received:2024-02-26 Revised:2024-03-22 Online:2024-08-25 Published:2024-09-02
  • Contact: HU Jing E-mail:aqdxzl@126.com;huj@mail.ccnu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Ski resorts play a significant role in ice and snow tourism. Focusing on ski resorts in China, this paper systematically explores their spatial distribution patterns and underlying causes using various spatial analysis techniques. The results indicate the following: (1) Ski resorts in China exhibit a condensed distribution trend, following a “northeast-southwest” axis roughly along the “Beijing-Zhengzhou-Chongqing” line. (2) The spatial structure of national ski resorts is characterized by “one pole, one core area, one belt” with the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region as the development pole, the Yangtze River Delta as the development core, and the three northeastern provinces forming a high-density development belt. (3) The hotspots of national ski resorts are concentrated in Northeast China, with Liaoning Province, Jilin Province, Heilongjiang Province, Beijing City, and Hebei Province being the most active in ski resort development. (4) The human factors influencing the spatial distribution of ski resorts, in descending order of impact, are industrial support and guidance, living standards, market cultivation and development, tourism economic income effect, transportation capacity, and hardware service support. Naturally, ski resorts tend to be located in low mountains ranging from 500 m to 800 m above sea level, within a 10 km buffer zone of third-class rivers, and in the temperate monsoon climate zone.

Key words: ski resort, spatial distribution pattern, influencing factors, Geodetector, China