Theoretical And Empirical Research On Tourism Diffusion Effect As The Leading Industry

With the development advantages of the tourism industry in recent years,a number of cities have emerged in China that take the tourism industry as the leading industry to promote the economic development in the region,such as Lijiang,Huangshan and Zhangjiajie.Some scholars believe that these cities rely too much on the economic development of tourism industry,resulting in the siphon effect of tourism as a single pillar industry,and make the industrial structure in the region too dependent on the tourism industry,and ultimately the formation of a tourist economy or the "Dutch disease" Type travel destination.At the same time,some scholars also believe that these cities have produced a positive tourism industry diffusion effect in the economic development strategy of "tourism industry as the leading factor." The development of tourism industry has stimulated the regional economic growth and promoted the optimization of the industrial structure in the region.Based on this,defining the related research questions,this paper establishes the research framework and the research methods from the perspective of the leading industry(Chapter 1);based on the theory of leading industry,the theory of economic effects of tourism industry and the theory of industrial diffusion of Rostow(Chapter two),apply Rostow's theory of industrial diffusion to the study of tourism industry;try to establish the theoretical framework of the diffusion effect of tourism industry,discuss the concept of diffusion effect,the diffusion effect condition,the diffusion effect mechanism and the diffusion effect Chapter Three).In this paper,Lijiang City is selected as a case study of empirical analysis.Based on relevant data indicators of Lijiang City from 1997 to 2016,a model of tourism industry diffusion effect is constructed and the diffusion effect of tourism industry in Lijiang City is measured and tested Four chapters);Based on the results of empirical research,this paper discusses the diffusion effect theory of tourism industry,and puts forward the measures and suggestions of Lijiang city to guide and expand the diffusion effect of tourism industry(Chapter ?);Finally,the conclusion of this paper is summarized And outlook(Chapter ?).The main conclusions of this paper:(1)The diffusion of tourism industry refers to the economic phenomenon that the tourism industry as the leading industry drives the regional economic development and produces the energy release effect.The diffusion effect is the retrospective effect,the side effect and the forward effect.(2)From the three aspects of the conditions,mechanism and impact of the diffusion effect of tourism industry,we can establish the theoretical framework of the diffusion effect of tourism industry.(3)By building a model of tourism industry diffusion,we find in the empirical study of Lijiang City that there is a long-term and stable positive correlation between tourism industry in Lijiang City and the regional economic growth and industrial structure optimization.The tourism development in Lijiang City promotes Regional economic growth and optimization of industrial structure have produced positive effects of tourism industry proliferation.