Research Of Cultural Capital Influence On Tourism Economic Growth

With the increasingly fierce competition of cultural soft power among countries or regions,the concept of cultural capital is widely accepted by economists and becomes another important variable to explain economic growth after physical capital and human capital.In recent years,tourism has also undergone tremendous changes.The focus of tourist is from the simple sightseeing to the cultural experience in the process of tourism and feel the cultural charm of local.Culture has become the soul of tourism.However,the cultural resources can not directly promote the development of the local tourism economy.Only resources become capital can they play an important role in promoting economy.So this study introduces the concept of cultural capital into the tourism field.First of all,through the combing of the existing literature,this study makes a clearer demarcation on the concept and classification of cultural capital on the basis of the definition of cultural capital by domestic and foreign scholars.Secondly,using the measurement index systems and measurement methods of cultural and cultural capital constructed by domestic and foreign scholars and institutions,the study designs a set of cultural capital measurement index system based on tourism perspective in terms of the relationship between cultural capital indicators and tourism,and calculates the cultural capital comprehensive factor score and ranking of the 31 provinces in China.Then,introduced the cultural capital into the tourism economic growth model as the factor of tourism production,the study mainly analyzed the influence of cultural capital,material capital and human capital on tourism economic growth,the independent effect of cultural capital on tourism economic growth,and the interaction effect of cultural capital and material capital,and cultural capital and human capital on tourism economic growth.The study draws the following conclusions:(1)According to the cultural capital indicators' weight endowed by means of AHP,it is concluded that the tangible cultural capital is more influential than the intangible cultural capital to the tourism industry.(2)There are obvious level imbalances of cultural capital stock in different regions,and this gap is decreasing year by year.The cultural capital has a positive effect on the growth of tourism economy,and its influence is decrease firstly and then increase in the past 10 years.(3)The influence of cultural capital on the growth of tourism economy is more than that of material capital and human capital.(4)The interaction effect of cultural capital and material capital on tourism economic growth is remarkable positive;(5)The interaction effect of cultural capital and human capital on tourism economic growth is remarkable negativeFinally,the study make the corresponding policy suggestions to increase the accumulation of cultural capital and promote the integration of cultural industry and tourism on the basis of the empirical analysis.