Spatial distribution and influencing factors of “key rural tourism villages” in China
LIU Yujie1, ZHOU Yong1, LIU Xiaodong1, XIAO Liang1, HUANG He1, WEN Quanzhou2
(1.College of Urhan and Environmental Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China 430079;2.Lichuan Soil and Fertilizer Workstation, Lichuan, Hubei, China 445400)
Abstract:Rural tourism is an important measure to realize rural vitalization Strategy (RVS) in China, and “key rural tourism villages” in china is an important work to promote the effective implementation of the plan for RVS. By analyzing the factors affecting the spatial distribution of the national “key villages”, the national “rural tourism” features of “key villages” are investigated. In this study, taking the first batch of 314 rural tourism key villages in the country as the research object, the spatial distribution characteristics and influencing factors of these villages are analyzed using ArcGIS spatial analysis, Geo Detector model, and other methods. The results are summarized as follows. 1) The regional spatial disparities of key villages in China were significant, showing the distribution characteristic of “balanced in the north-south while sunken in the central”. The main tourist resources are natural landscapes and cultural landscapes are supplemented. 2) The spatial distribution of “key villages” across the country exhibited autocorrelation. They are clustered in a specific area on a quantitative scale. The spatial density shows a “dual-core center, with sporadic distribution of sub-centers” pattern. The hot and cold zones are highly consistent with the cluster core centers. 3) The fractal characteristics of these villages are obvious. There were no significant scale areas of the distribution and the fractal structure is simple. 4) Resource endowment base, economic development level and infrastructure conditions are the main factors affecting the spatial distribution characteristics of key rural tourism villages. The research results confirmed that 314 “Key Villages for Rural Tourism” in China, as the focus of rural tourism cultivation, are typical and representative.