| With the advent of the big tourism era, the intension of tourism is refreshed, the city plays the role of tourism destination. The meaning of tourism industry is not only limited to the traditional concepts-traveling, tasting, residing, purchasing and entertaining. The scope is extended and expanded. Besides, the industrial agglomeration has become the new trend of the economic development. It can improve the industrial scale, enhance the industrial competitive advantage. The tourism industry has confluent and cross relationship with multiple industries. It should be do that. So, we should keep up with the trend of time, promote the agglomeration development of tourism industry fully which has important significance on the development of tourism industry, economy and cities.In this paper, we take Hubei province as example. Referring to the classification of tourism industry in tourism satellite account, we redefine the concept of big tourism industry. We choose several industries, like transportation, accommodation and restaurants, travel agency industry, tourism attraction industry, leasing and business services, entertainment industry, as the representatives. Using the employment quantities of each industry in the country, Hubei province and other 12 district cities in 2003-2012 as the data index. By using the herfindahl-hirschman index and space gini coefficient and EG index, the paper measures the agglomeration level of tourism industry in Hubei province.From the perspective of the total industry and sectors, the paper analyze the spatial-temporal evolution trend of the agglomeration level about tourism industry in Hubei province from 2003 to 2012. In addition, this paper proposes resources endowment, economic level, traffic location, residents living level, marketing level and policy effects as the main factors affecting the development of tourism industry cluster in Hubei province. And selecting the number of A-grade scenic spots, GDP, passenger turnover, population, per capita disposable income, vehicle holdings, international tourism arrivals, international tourism foreign exchange earnings, investment in the fixed assets and investment in real estate development as impact factors, the paper establishes regression model, analyze the correlation with agglomeration level, concludes the strength of factors impacting the agglomeration level and changes over time.Based on the above analysis, the main conclusions show that: ① Nationally, the agglomeration level of tourism industry in Hubei province is low,the agglomeration level has been below 0.35; ② After 2006, the agglomeration level of tourism industry in Hubei province has a rapid increase,which at the annual average speed of 73.85%;③ The agglomeration level of tourism industry is imbalanced in Hubei province, and the Wuhan city occupies the cluster center, whose agglomeration level closes 0.28, the other cities, like Yichang, Shiyan, Xiangyang, Xiaogan, have great potential for development;④ There are differences of cluster level in each industry in Hubei province,,and the transportation industry has the highest agglomeration level which is 0.3406, the entertainment industry is the lowest which is 0.0141;⑤ The marketing level, policy effects, raffic location and economic level have the important influence on the cluster development of tourism industry in Hubei province. The international tourism foreign exchange earnings, investment in the fixed assets and investment in real estate development has always been the important factors affecting the development of tourism industry agglomeration, and the influence degree of the per capita disposable income is relatively small, the influence degree of the GDP is more and more strong.Finally, based on the present agglomeration situation of the tourism industry in Hubei province,we try to make some suggestions which can put forward new views on the tourism research and provide supports to the tourism development in Hubei province. |
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