The spatiotemporal distribution characters of inbound tourism flow in Liaoning

The spatiotemporal distribution differences of inbound tourism flow were analyzed using two evaluation indexes of flow quality index and tourist density index by taking 14 cities in Liaoning as the research object. Results were shown as follows: 1) Inbound tourism flows in all districts and cities were in good development trends.Inbound tourism had a broad development prospect. 2) Shenyang and Dalian were the two better poles of the growth of inbound tourism flow,and presented a dual- core agglomeration mode. 3) Liaoning inbound tourism flow appeared diffusion development trend. The dual- core leading role was obvious. 4) The inbound tourism flow in parts of cities developed poorly,unbalanced situation was obvious.