The Impact of the Creation of National Forest Cities on the Competitiveness of Tourism Industry of Prefecture-level Cities
⑴Background——The creation of national forest cities in China has encouraged various regions to strengthen the protection and utilization of natural resources in cities and the construction of various ecological tourism and leisure places such as forest parks.The research on whether the tourism industry of the cities that have been officially bestowed the title of"National Forest City"has stronger market competitiveness can provide practical basis for the judgment of the economic effect of the creation of national forest cities.However,there is little literature to explore the impact of the creation of national forest cities on the tourism industry competitive-ness of the recognized cities.⑵ Methods——Based on the theoretical analysis of the influence mechanism of the creation of national for-est cities on the competitiveness of urban tourism industry,this paper put forward the research hypotheses.Then,based on the Chinese city database,the entropy weight method was used to evaluate the tourism industry compet-itiveness of China's prefecture-level cities quantitatively.Finally,by constructing the multi-period difference-in-differences model and the mediation effect model,it discussed the impact of the creation of"national forest cit-ies"on the competitiveness of urban tourism industry and its inherent influence mechanism.The research data mainly came from the"China Statistical Yearbooks"and the"China City Statistical Yearbooks",involving a to-tal of 271 cities and covering the period from 2004 to 2020.⑶ Results——First,after the successful creation of national forest cities,the tourism industry competitive-ness of prefecture-level cities will increase by 1.155 7 units.Second,after the successful creation of national for-est cities,the tourism industry competitiveness of prefecture-level cities in the eastern region will increase by 1.877 2 units,while that in the central and western regions will only increase by 0.725 4 units.The tourism in-dustry competitiveness of cities with higher service industry development level will increase by 1.434 3 units,while that of cities with lower service industry development level will only increase by 0.568 1 units.The tourism industry competitiveness of cities with higher transportation convenience will increase by 1.736 1 units,while that of cities with lower transportation convenience will only increase by 0.649 5 units.Third,the creation of national forest cities will increase the green coverage area of the urban built-up areas by 4.878 6 square kilometers,and every increase of 1 square kilometer will increase the competitiveness of the urban tourism industry by 0.990 8 u-nits.The creation of national forest cities will increase the number of traditional villages by 0.310 5,and each ad-ditional traditional village will increase the competitiveness of the urban tourism industry by 0.929 9 units.⑷ Conclusions and Discussions——According to the above research conclusions,the following policy suggestions are put forward:First,strengthen the planning and support of national forest city declaration.Provin-cial and municipal governments should strengthen the top-level design of national forest city declaration.Strength-en support for the cities in forest network,forest health,ecological welfare,ecological culture and organizational management.Second,accelerate the construction of modern service industries and transportation networks related to tourism.Accelerate the development of a public tourism service system with a complete structure,sound stand-ards,smooth operation,high-quality and efficiency.Build a transportation network by relying on high-speed rail-ways,intercity railways,civil aviation and high-grade highways,and create tourism theme routes with multiple functions.
national forest citiestourism industryindustrial competitivenessmulti-period difference-in-differ-ences model
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