A Dynamic Analysis of the Spatial Agglomeration of the Tourist Market: A Case in the Jiangsu Province in China
Keywords:
tourism market, spatial aggregation, inbound tourism,domestic tourism, Jiangsu, ChinaAbstract
Based on the data collected from the inbound and domestic tourist of 13 cities in Chinese Jiangsu Province the past decade, The paper dynamic analyzed the spatial concentration of tourism market by using concentration ratio (CRn) and Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). The results show that the spatial concentration of the inbound tourism market is higher than that of domestic tourism, and they are still in the stage of market oligopoly. The spatial agglomeration degree of both inbound and domestic tourism markets is decreasing, and the spatial equilibrium degree is gradually increasing, indicating that the monopoly intensity of Jiangsu tourism market is decreasing and the spatial pattern of the market is slowly spreading. The spatial distribution of inbound tourism market is more influenced by scenic spots, location conditions, and economic conditions than domestic tourism market.
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