Author(s)

Gang Deng

Corresponding Author

Gang Deng

ABSTRACT

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau and Greater Bay Area is an important area for the development of international tourism. First, the current status of tourism development in Guangdong Province is described. Then, based on the input-oriented DEA method, MAXDEA software is applied to conduct tourism efficiency research on the tourism data of 21 cities in Guangdong Province in 2017. After calculation, it is concluded that the regional tourism development of 21 cities in Guangdong Province is unbalanced, and some cities need to improve the quality of tourism services and expand production capacity as well as invest more human, material and financial resources to develop tourism. Then, based on the calculated tourism efficiency, the natural discontinuous method (Jenks) in Arcgis is used to plot the spatial difference in tourism efficiency between 21 cities in Guangdong Province in 2011 and 2017, and a comparative analysis is made. Finally, it puts forward suggestions to promote tourism development in Guangdong Province and the entire Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau and Greater Bay Area.

KEYWORDS

Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau and greater bay area, tourism efficiency, spatial differences