Author(s)

Xiaomeng Zhou ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Finance and Economics, Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai, 810016, China

Corresponding Author

Xiaomeng Zhou

ABSTRACT

This paper takes 12 provinces and cities in the western region of China as the research objects. Based on the construction of the evaluation index system for the coordinated development of the economic-environment-tourism system in the western region, the entropy method is used to study the comprehensive development evaluation changes of the three major systems in each province and city of the region from a spatiotemporal dimension, as well as the entire system. Finally, the coupling coordination model is used to analysis the spatiotemporal evolution of the coupling coordination relationship of the three major systems in each province and city of the western region, and the Moran'I index is used to measure its spatial correlation. The research found that the economic development and tourism development of each province and city in the west are somewhat correlated, and there is an evident hierarchy in the economic and tourism development of each province and city, with the latter being more pronounced. The overall comprehensive development evaluation and coupling coordination degree of each province and city are showing an upward trend, and exhibit a spatial distribution pattern of higher in the south and lower in the north. There are regional differences and temporal evolution differences in the comprehensive evaluation level and coordination level of each province and city. In 2019 and 2020, the western region as a whole exhibited significant spatial correlation features and strong agglomeration.

KEYWORDS

Western region; economic-environment-tourism; Coupling coordination; Comprehensive development evaluation

CITE THIS PAPER

Xiaomeng Zhou, Research on the Coordinated Development of Economy Environment Tourism in the Western Region. Tourism Management and Technology Economy (2024) Vol. 7: 119-129. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/tmte.2024.070115.

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