Evaluation of Tourism Eco-efficiency and Analysis of Spatial Network Structure
⑴ Background——The rapid development of tourism accompanied by large-scale overexploitation has caused irreversible damage to the environment.Under the background of ecological civilization construction,conducting research on tourism eco-efficiency is an important element in the high-quality development of the tourism industry.⑵ Methods——The research data were collected from the"Statistical Yearbook","Statistical Bulletin","Tourism Sampling Survey Data"and the websites of relevant government departments of Fujian Province,Guangdong Province,Jiangxi Province and Zhejiang province and their relevant cities from 2014 to 2020.At the same time,single-ratio method and the social network analysis method was used to measured and evaluated the spatial network structure of tourism eco-efficiency.⑶ Results——First,the value of tourism eco-efficiency shows an increasing trend on the whole.The av-erage efficiency values of eastern,western,southern and northern Fujian are 0.79,0.88,0.96 and 2.16,respectively.Except that the tourism eco-efficiency value of southern Fujian is higher than that of related cities in neighboring Guangdong Province,the tourism eco-efficiency value of the other three regions is lower than that of related cities in neighboring Jiangxi Province and Zhejiang Province.Second,the distribution of tourism eco-ef-ficiency is unbalanced,showing the spatial distribution characteristics of"weak coastal areas,balanced inland,strong in the northern end and backward in the south".The number of the cities with low tourism eco-efficiency is large and the fluctuation is unstable,while the cities with high tourism eco-efficiency are relatively stable.Third,the development degree of tourism eco-efficiency network is low.The network density increased from 0.228 9 to 0.278 9 from 2014 to 2020,with a low growth rate.The number of the cities in the core area has in-creased from 9 to 16,and the node cities are more and more closely connected.The weakening of the leadership role of core cities has brought opportunities for the development of the peripheral cities,and the network struc-ture has become increasingly stable.⑷ Conclusions and Discussions——Based on the above research conclusions,the following policy rec-ommendations are put forward:First,expand the advantages of economies of scale and improve the efficiency of resource utilization.In order to increase tourism income,we should promote the integration of tourism industry with sports,health care,education and other industries.At the same time,the structure of tourism industry should be optimized to promote the transformation of tourism economic development mode from extensive develop-ment to intensive development.Second,give play to the leading role of the government,implement the relevant measures of low-carbon emission reduction,and promote the green transformation of the city image and tourist at-tractions.Third,strengthen the inter-regional cooperation,weaken the restriction of administrative location,promote the spillover policies related to tourism ecological efficiency,promote the transformation of low-efficien-cy areas to high-efficiency areas and in-depth optimization of high-efficiency areas,so as to form a development mode of complementary strengths and weaknesses between regions,and jointly promote the high-quality develop-ment of tourism.
tourism eco-efficiencysingle ratio methodspatial network structuresocial network analysis