2006•Geographical ResearchRequires access
Research about space structural system in tourism competitiveness around cites in the Pearl River Delta
Huang Yao-li, Fan Li, Zheng Jian-qiang, Li Fei, Yuling Sun
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Abstract
The space structural system of tourism competitiveness between cities is coupled organically by tourism resources,tourism traffic and other factors of production as well as passenger flow with different grades and different geographic locations and different stages of tourism development.The study places emphases on tourism competitiveness which differ among cities with different sizes;the relationships between competition and cooperation are also different according to different distances between cities;the levels of tourism competitiveness are disparate resulting from different urban environments and tourism markets,which constitute hierarchical structure and space framework of a regional tourism cities system.To study urban tourism competitiveness,its space structural characteristics will help to build efficient regional tourism mechanisms to achieve win-win cooperation between cities and realize the optimal development of the whole region.The analysis of the space structure of urban tourism competitiveness is the key premise to reveal the geographical competition-cooperation mechanisms between cities. Based on the analysis about the meaning of tourism competitiveness and its space structure,the tourism destinations in the Pearl River Delta can be divided into three ranks using multidimensional assessment and comprehensive analysis methods.It is concluded that the space structure of tourism competitiveness around tourism cities in the Pearl River Delta presents adumbbell-shaped pattern taking Guangzhou-Shenzhen as an axis and bipolar radiative spatial model.It is suggested that different tourism cities can be ranked into different levels of cooperator or competitor in space structure by their relative or absolute advantages.All the above discussed laid the foundations to further explore a mutually beneficial win-win tourism competition-cooperation mechanism for the harmonious development of tourism economy in the Pearl River Delta.