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A Research on the Influence and Mechanism of Endowment of Forest Park Resources on the Development of Iits Tourism Industry

CAO Xianlei*, JIA Xiaoru   

  1. Faculty of International Trade, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, China
  • Received:2021-11-18 Revised:2023-02-03 Online:2023-02-28 Published:2023-04-03

Abstract: To develop forest parks tourism industry is not only an imperative measure to transform the advantages of forest resources into economic advantages,but also an objective requirement for the implementation of the “two mountains” theory.Based on the data on forest parks tourism industry development and macroeconomic statistics in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in China from 2011 to 2019,this paper measured the endowment of forest park resources from quantity and quality dimensions,analyzed the influence of it on their tourism industry development by constructing a spatial econometric model,and further tested the influence mechanism of it on its tourism industry development from the perspective of external market share and internal industrial comprehensive efficiency.The results show that:(1) increasing the area the proportion of national and provincial forest parks has a significant positive impact on the development of the forest park tourism industry in the local and surrounding areas,and there is an obvious “resource gospel” effect in the long run;(2) compared with the increase in the number of forest park tourism resources,improving the quality of forest parks has a greater positive impact on its industrial development;(3) improving the utilization efficiency of the endowment of regional forest parks resources is mainly to promote the development of the forest park tourism industry by expanding the tourism market share and improving industry comprehensive efficiency;(4) there is a significant negative spatial spillover effect in the development of China’s forest park tourism industry;the development of forest park tourism industry in surrounding areas shows a negative impact on the development of local forest park tourism industry,which also reflects that the pulling effect of the optimal utilization of forest park tourism resource endowment in different regions of China on its tourism industry development is smaller than the squeezing effect caused by the development of regional forest park tourism industry.The paper ended with countermeasures and suggestions for realizing the transformation of the advantages of forest park tourism resources into industrial economic advantages and regional coordinated development in accordance with the findings.

Key words: forest park, resources endowment, industrial development, spatial effect, influence mechanism

CLC Number: 

  • F590.31

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