Touristic flow network structure in Xinjiang:A tourists'length of stay weighted approach
Previous studies on touristic flow only focused on the network relationships characterized by the flow quantity,which rarely examined the heterogeneity of flow quality from the perspective of tourists'length of stay.This study,therefore,constructs a touristic flow network that involves both quality and quantity of flows by taking the tourist's length of stay as a weight,to explore the structural characteristics of touristic flow networks weighted by tourists'length of stay using social network analysis and the data obtained through network text analysis,and compare the structural differences between the conventional and weighted flow networks and their influencing factors.The results indicate that:1)Compared with the conventional touristic flow network,the weighted touristic flow has greater network density and scale,but fewer network communities and closer internal connections.2)In the weighted flow network,the core position of tourism in Urumqi and Yili is weakened,while the status of Kashgar,Altay,and Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture is significantly enhanced.3)The weighted flow network has more explanatory power in the formation mechanism of touristic flow in Xinjiang.This study provides a new idea of quality and quantity integration for touristic flow analysis,overcomes the limitations of one-sided emphasis on flow quantity and neglect of flow quality in conventional touristic flow networks,to reveal the actual interaction between destination network nodes.
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