Study on the Coupling Coordination Between Tourism Economy and Technology Innovation in China Costal Regions

ABSTRACT

The study investigates the interplay between the tourism economy and technological innovation in China’s coastal provinces and cities, uncovering the dynamics of regional and sub-regional coupling and coordination from 2014 to 2022. Empirical findings indicate that the overall degree of coupling coordination among 11 coastal provinces and cities exhibited a rising trend from significant imbalance to good coordination from 2014 to 2019, but underwent fluctuations due to the impact of COVID-19 from 2020 to 2022. Sub-regional analysis reveals dynamic changes in coastal provinces and cities such as the Yangtze River Delta, Bohai Rim, and Pearl River Delta, highlighting the coupling, coordination, and competition between tourism economy and technological innovation in these economic zones. The results suggest that regional alliances can be established to promote the integration of tourism economic development with technological innovation in China’s coastal areas, while emphasizing active support measures by local and central governments for long-term development.

KEYWORDS:

• Coastal region
• tourism economy
• technological innovation
• coupling coordination

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Author contributions

Feifei Yang: methodology, data collection, writing – original draft, review and editing. Yaoyan Yang: Writing – review and editing.

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Funding

The author(s) received the financial support from two “Fujian Natural Science Foundation projects” (Projects Number: 2022J011133 and 2022J05266) and one “National Natural Science Foundation project” (Project Number: 42101238).