Research on the Economic Effect of Tourism on the Implementation of the Development Strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt
Taking the implementation of the development strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt as a quasi-natural experiment,this research evaluates the effect of the implementation of the development strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt on the tourism economy by means of the difference-in-difference model based on the panel data of thirty provinces or autonomous regions or municipalities in China from 2009 to 2021,and discusses the heterogeneity and mechanism of policy effect.The results show three findings.Firstly,the development strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has a significant role in promoting the tourism economy,and the conclusion is still valid after a series of robustness tests.Secondly,this promotion effect presents obvious heterogeneity with"midstream>upstream>downstream".Lastly,the development strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt pro-motes the development of tourism economy by improving the level of opening up and development of the regional e-conomy.
Yangtze River Economic Beltassessment on policy effectdifference-in-differencetourism economy