Study On The Differences And Coordinated Development In Inbound Tourism Market Of The Six Central Provinces Of China

The six central provinces with obvious location advantages includes Shanxi Province,Henan Province,Anhui Province,Hubei Province,Hunan Province and Jiangxi Province,where tourism resources have characteristics of those in the south and the north,and there is large development potential in tourism industry. With the in-depth development of China's inbound tourism,there are some differences in inbound tourism market of the six central provinces with rapid development.Therefore,we study the differences in inbound tourism market in the six provinces and analyze the related influence factors in this paper,which can provide reference for effective regional regulatory policy.There is important practical significance in promoting the integration of tourism market and establishing long-term cooperation system.Sum up the domestic and international research status of regional tourism differences and the influencing factors,appling related concepts about tourism market and inbound tourism,and correlation analysis methods,such as the standard deviation, coefficient of variation, primacy index, geographic concentration index and the grey correlation analysis.From the perspective of time,using 2000-2013 data about the number of inbound tourists and foreign exchange earnings, the composition of inbound tourists, the per capita consumption and its composition of inbound tourism, analyze the differences in market scale,structure of market type and region, and market consumption of six province's inbound tourism,studying the characteristics of evolution and difference in six provinces within 14 years.Collecting index data about influencing factors of inbound tourism market differences in 2013,quantitatively analyze influence factors of the inbound tourism market scale difference in the six provinces.The results are as follows.About the differences in market scale,the absolute differences are increasing in fluctuation both in the number of inbound tourists and foreign exchange earnings of the six provinces.The relative differences increase firstly, and then decrease and then increase again.Neither of them exist first distribution.About the differences in the structure of market type and region,the main market of these provinces are foreign market except that the main market are foreign market and Hong Kong market in Jiangxi Province,where the market distribution is relatively average.The first, second and the potential market of the six provinces are mainly concentrated in Hongkong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan,Korea, the United States, France, Germany, but the compositions in different provinces aredifferent.About the differences in market consumption,the ranking of the average value of the per capita consumption of inbound tourists in six provinces,is Hubei Province, Anhui Province, Hunan Province, Shanxi Province, Jiangxi Province and Henan Province.The inbound tourism consumption structure of the provinces is not balanced,and the proportion of non basic consumption expenditure is low, especially in Hubei Province.The proportion of long-distance transport is highest in the basic tourism consumption of six provinces,and the proportion of shopping is highest,while the proportion of entertainment projects is low in the non basic tourism consumption.In addition,transportation infrastructure, tourism resources and tourism reception facilities are the dominant factors which affect the number of provincial inbound tourism.Finally,this paper proposes countermeasure and the suggestion about inbound tourism coordinated development in six provinces.That is to construct tourism cooperative development mechanism;integrate features and establish a distinctive brand image;integrate tourism products in six provinces;optimize the structure of inbound tourism consumption;strengthen the construction of infrastructure, construct convenient transportation network;strive to enhance the quality of tourism services;train and attract high-level tourism professionals.