A study on the supply factors and mechanism of the inter-regional diffusion and transfer of inbound tourism flow

ABSTRACT

Based on the actual situation of the inter-regional diffusion and transfer of inbound tourism flow, this paper creates a three-dimensional model framework of supply capacity, supply driving intensity, and supply spatial relationship from the supply perspective, and measures the model framework through variable indicators. In addition, the supply modelling and comprehensive analysis of the spatial SARAR model are conducted as an exploration of the supply factors and mechanism of the inter-regional diffusion and transfer of inbound tourism flow based on tourism big data, using relevant data of inter-provincial diffusion and transfer in China between 2001 and 2019. The research results verify the feasibility and validity of the spatial SARAR supply modelling, while also clarifying the influencing effects and mutual relationship of the supply factors of the inter-regional diffusion and transfer of inbound tourism flow. The variable indicators of supply capacity and supply driving intensity jointly significantly promote the inter-regional diffusion and transfer of inbound tourism flow, while spatial geographical distance plays a significant inhibitory effect, among which only relative tourism resource conditions are not significant, and the estimated elasticity is close to zero.

KEYWORDS:

• Inbound tourism flow
• diffusion and transfer
• spatial SARAR model
• tourism big data
• influencing factor
• supply mechanism

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Funding

This work was supported by National Planning Offifice of Philosophy and Social Sciences of China: [grant no 16CGL026]; Visual Computing and Virtual Reality Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province: [grant no SCVCVR2019.04VS].