The spatiotemporal pattern and evolving features of allometric relationship between regional economy and tourism development in the Yangtze River Basin
The relationship between regional economy and tourism development is a key issue in the scientific interpretation of quality tourism economic development.Taking the Yangtze River Basin as the research object,this study constructs an allometric growth model of regional economy-tourism scale and explores the spatiotemporal correlation characteristics and allometric growth level transition process of regional economy-tourism scale from 2010 to 2019 using exploratory spatial analysis methods.The results show that:(1)The regional economy and tourism scale in the Yangtze River Basin show a trend of'high in the southeast and low in the northwest',and their spatiotemporal correlation indicates a temporal stability and spatial heterogeneity.There are inter-basin differences and intra-basin differences in the upper,middle and lower reaches.(2)The longitudinal(time)scale factor of the regional economy-tourism scale in the Yangtze River Basin shows a fluctuating trend of first rising and then falling.The allometric growth relationship is dominated by the regional economy growing faster than tourism.Horizontally(space),positive allometry dominates overall.The evolution of allometric growth level has the characteristics of'overall stability with regional fluctuations',with greater changes in the upper and middle reaches and more stability in the lower reaches.(3)The change in allometric growth level of regional economy-tourism scale in Yangtze River Basin is mainly characterized by upward transforming from negative to positive allometry levels.Tourism development has a significant promoting effect on regional and economy for most areas.The allometric relationship between regional economy-tourism scale reveals complex internal connections between tourism and economic development,providing theoretical support for achieving high-quality development of river basin tourism economy.
regional economytourism scaleallometric growthtemporal and spatial patternsYangtze River Basin