Study on the Impact of High-Speed Railway Opening on the Development of Tourism in Yangtze River Delta Region
On the basis of systematically describing the internal correlation logic between the opening of high-speed rail (HSR) and the development of tourism industry,the panel data of 41 cities in the Yangtze River Delta region,the paper uses the propensity matching score method and the multi-period DID method to evaluate the impact of the HSR opening on the quantity and quality of urban tourism development in the Yangtze River Delta region. The results showed that:① Based on the overall perspective,the HSR open-ing promoted the double improvement of the quantity and quality of urban tourism development in the Yangtze River Delta region,and the impact on the quality of development was greater than the quantity of development. Meanwhile,the HSR opening had both a "wealth" and "prosperity" effect on urban tourism in the region. ② From the perspective of heterogeneity,the HSR opening had a weak positive effect on the quality of tourism development in new first-tier and above cities,but had no effect on the quantity of tourism development. The HSR opening had a strong effect on the quantity of tourism development in second-tier cities,but a weak effect on the quality of tourism development in third-tier,fourth-tier and below cities and a weak effect on the quantity of tourism development. Such cities could become "corridors" for the HSR tourism. ③ From the perspective of driving force,technological progress has become the core driving force for the improvement of total factor productivity of tourism in this region. Meanwhile,the HSR opening had a stronger driving effect on technological progress than technical efficiency in all levels of cities,and only the fourth-tier and above cities had a small difference. In the context of accelerating the construction of a powerful tourism country,HSR construction should be includ-ed into an effective means and policy tool to promote the high-quality development of regional tourism,and the leverage effect generated by the improvement of HSR network will further promote the construction of regional tourism integration,tourism technology innovation and diffusion,and the improvement and enhancement of technical efficiency.
tourism developmenthigh-speed railway openingpropensity score matchingmulti-period DIDYangtze River Delta region
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