Club convergence research on China's tourism eco-efficiency
CHENG Hui1， XU Qiong2， GUO Yaoqi3
1.College of Tourism， Hunan Normal University， Changsha 410081， China；2.School of Business， Central South University， Changsha 410083， China；3.School of Mathematics and Statistics， Central South University， Changsha 410083， China
Abstract：Based on the bottom-up method and Super-SBM model， the eco-efficiency of inter-provincial tourism in China from 2007 to 2017 is calculated. Combined with the variable-length Markov chain and spatial Markov chain， the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics of club convergence are analyzed. Finally， the factors affecting the club convergence of China's tourism eco-efficiency are explored by means of geo-detectors. The results are shown as follows. 1)Although the overall level of China's tourism eco-efficiency is not high， it is fluctuating and rising. The inter-provincial tourism eco-efficiency distribution is not balanced， but it has a significant club convergence effect. 2)Under different time periods， China's tourism eco-efficiency is distributed by clubs， and with the accumulation of time， the convergence curing effect is weakened with transfer between adjacent clubs becoming more likely. 3)Under different spatial lag conditions， most provinces and their areas are in the same direction of efficiency transfer， while some southeastern and southwestern provinces have shifted their efficiency upwards， and a few central and western provinces and cities have fallen into the trap of “inefficiency”. 4)The significant factors affecting the evolution of China's tourism eco-efficiency club convergence are in descending order of tourist ratio， tourism specialization， industrial structure， urbanization level， government regulation， and economic development.
2021, Vol. 55 
