Calculation And Analysis Of Tourism Development Index Of The Countries Along The "Belt And Road"

Since 2013,with the "Belt and Road" initiative and the implementation of all walks of life along the country has changed in varying degrees.As an important industry in the national economy,tourism has made great contribution to the economic growth by its special mechanism.The tourism industry has great advantages in increasing capital income and foreign exchange accumulation.With the arrival of tourists,it can promote the local related industries to prosper together and reduce the complicated procedures in commercial trade.Tourism is a special "link" that helps to promote the adjustment and optimization of local industrial structure,and at the same time,it can improve the investment environment and promote investment attraction.Foreign investors through tourism to understand the local customs and landscape,the human environment,potential business opportunities.Therefore,exploring the development of tourism industry has become an activity of practical significance.This paper uses 65 countries along the "Belt and Road" as the research population and the published "Belt and Road" Infrastructure Development Index 2018 report as the reference,using a sampling method to sample 19 countries,the data of sample countries in 2017 are selected,and the weights are calculated by using entropy method for 20 second-order indexes and 4 first-order indexes respectively.The competition index of Tourism Development Demand,social supply index of Tourism Development,Natural Environment Development Index,Economic Environment Development Index and National Tourism Development Index of 19 countries are calculated respectively,according to the index size,19 countries are ranked,and the advantages and disadvantages of the national tourism industry are obtained through the calculation of the first-class index,which can provide some guidance for the development of the national tourism industry.Meanwhile,in order to explore the relationship between the index and the "Belt and Road" Infrastructure Development Index published by the China Foreign Contracting Engineering Association,the Grey Relational model is used to calculate the grey relational grade by using python software.The results show that the grey correlation between the indices is low,which proves that the development of infrastructure is weak for the development of tourism industry.According to the result of calculation and the analysis of the current situation of tourism industry in the studied countries,the paper puts forward some suggestions to promote the development of tourism industry.