Research on the Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity Characteristics and Evolution Trend of the Tourism Economy in Yangtze River Delta
The differences or convergence in the development of regional tourism economy has always been a hot topic of academic attention.This study uses such indicators reflecting regional economy development state as Gi-ni coefficient,and Theil index,combined with ArcGIS,Origin and other tools,to explore the spatial and temporal heterogeneity characteristics of the Yangtze River Delta tourism economy from 2013 to 2021,and adopts R/S analy-sis method to analyze its evolution trend.The research shows that:(1)In terms of time,the total tourism economy in-come of the Yangtze River Delta showed an upward trend from 2013 to 2019,with significant fluctuations after 2019,and the development of tourism economy in various regions of the Yangtze River Delta from 2013 to 2021 was uneven.(2)in terms of space,the tourism economy of the Yangtze River Delta exhibits a spatial characteristic of"high in the north and south,low in the east and west",and from 2013 to 2021,the gap in tourism economy among provinces was significant and increasing year by year,forming a relatively stable spatial structure of"Jiangsu>Zhe-jiang>Anhui>Shanghai";and(3)under the established conditions of existing policies,ecological environment and other tourism development factors,the overall evolution trend of the tourism economy differences in the Yangtze Riv-er Delta from 2022 to 2030 will be generally consistent with the trend of changes in the period from 2013 to 2021.
Tourism economySpatial and temporal heterogeneityEvolutionary trendsYangtze River Delta