Spatial Distribution of National Tourist Resorts and Its Influencing Factors

摘要

Tourism in China is gradually shifting from sightseeing to recreational tourism. The shift calls for transformation and upgrading of tourism products. Therefore, it is critical to rationalize the spatial distribution of tourist resorts. Targeting 30 national tourist resorts in China, this paper systematically analyzes the spatial distribution of these resorts, using nearest neighbor index (NNI), Gini coefficient, and kernel density estimation (KDE). Besides, a spatial regression model was adopted to identify the influencing factors of the spatial distribution. The results show that: China's national tourist resorts are mainly concentrated in four hotspots in East, Southwest, South, and Central China; the spatial distribution is strongly influenced by the provincial/regional tourism and capital investment, greatly impacted by infrastructure and economy, and slightly affected by government support and ecological awareness; in the future, China should develop more tourist resorts in the northwest, north and northeast, and set up a multi-core spatial distribution and product system.