THE STUDY OF CHINESE URBAN HOTELS IN THE CHINESE CITIES

摘要

This paper reports on empirical research in Chinese cities to test the Egan & Nield (2002) model of hotel location. The authors conclude that the Egan & Nield model is applicable to Chinese cities and that a hierarchy of hotels related to spatial location is observable. However, the complexity of Chinese cities and the current rapid expansion which is changing the spatial structure of the planned Chinese cities mean that, whilst the model can predict the general spatial pattern of hotel location, refinement is required in order to take account of agglomerative tendencies identified in the location of hotels in Chinese Cities.