WANG Shuxin, HE Yuanqing, WANG Xueding, et a.. Regional Disparity and Convergence of China′s Inbound Tourism Economy[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2011, 21(6): 715-722.
Citation: WANG Shuxin, HE Yuanqing, WANG Xueding, et a.. Regional Disparity and Convergence of China′s Inbound Tourism Economy[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2011, 21(6): 715-722.

Regional Disparity and Convergence of China′s Inbound Tourism Economy

  • Publish Date: 2011-11-04
  • Comprehending regional characteristics and influencing factors of China′s inbound tourism economy is important to make
    effective policies that will help inbound tourism develop harmoniously and shrink regional disparity. This paper studied the regional
    disparity and convergence of China′s inbound tourism economy during 1996–2008 with the methods of σ-convergence, club convergence
    and β-convergence. The results indicate that 1) inbound tourism receipts per capita (ITRPC) of the whole country, the eastern, central
    and western regions presented the rapid increasing trend; 2) ITRPC of the whole country was characterized by convergence; 3) the
    eastern region presented club convergence, but the central and western regions did not show this trend; 4) the star-hotel levels and
    investment in fixed assets for the tourism industry per capita had a same trend to growth rates of ITRPC, promoting inbound tourism
    development, and there was no difference among the 31 provinces (municipalities) in the mainland of China; 5) but the proportion of
    employed persons in the tourism industry accounting for total population and the proportion of the tertiary industry accounting for GDP
    had a reversal trend to growth rates of ITRPC, shrinking the provincial disparity in inbound tourism economy, and there were differences
    between the developed provinces and the developing provinces. Based on these analyses, we put forward some suggestions for the
    developing provinces to speed up inbound tourism economy.
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Regional Disparity and Convergence of China′s Inbound Tourism Economy

Abstract: Comprehending regional characteristics and influencing factors of China′s inbound tourism economy is important to make
effective policies that will help inbound tourism develop harmoniously and shrink regional disparity. This paper studied the regional
disparity and convergence of China′s inbound tourism economy during 1996–2008 with the methods of σ-convergence, club convergence
and β-convergence. The results indicate that 1) inbound tourism receipts per capita (ITRPC) of the whole country, the eastern, central
and western regions presented the rapid increasing trend; 2) ITRPC of the whole country was characterized by convergence; 3) the
eastern region presented club convergence, but the central and western regions did not show this trend; 4) the star-hotel levels and
investment in fixed assets for the tourism industry per capita had a same trend to growth rates of ITRPC, promoting inbound tourism
development, and there was no difference among the 31 provinces (municipalities) in the mainland of China; 5) but the proportion of
employed persons in the tourism industry accounting for total population and the proportion of the tertiary industry accounting for GDP
had a reversal trend to growth rates of ITRPC, shrinking the provincial disparity in inbound tourism economy, and there were differences
between the developed provinces and the developing provinces. Based on these analyses, we put forward some suggestions for the
developing provinces to speed up inbound tourism economy.

WANG Shuxin, HE Yuanqing, WANG Xueding, et a.. Regional Disparity and Convergence of China′s Inbound Tourism Economy[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2011, 21(6): 715-722.
Citation: WANG Shuxin, HE Yuanqing, WANG Xueding, et a.. Regional Disparity and Convergence of China′s Inbound Tourism Economy[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2011, 21(6): 715-722.

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