With the help of Hansen' s gravitational potential energy model, this paper makes an analysis of the spatial distri- bution of hotels in main urban area of Guilin. Research shows that comprehensive travel capabilities of star hotels to tourist attrac- tions generally increase with. the level of hotels, of which four - star hotels do not come up to the general regulation; non - star ho- tels, three - star hotels and five - star hotel tourism areas have higher comprehensive gravitational potential energies, while the two -star and fourstar hotel have lower comprehensive gravitational potential energies. Hotels' market positioning, urban rent, land -use policies and urban development factors are the main factors contributing to the above phenomenon.
tourist cityhoteltourist attractionsgravitational potential energythe urban area of Guilin