Tourism dependence and poverty alleviation thresholds in Chinese ethnic tourism  

作　　者：LI Ya-juan OUYANG Chen-xing ZHOU Sheng-yu YU Hu KNIGHT W David 

机构地区：[1]Wuhan Branch of China Tourism Academy,Central China Normal University,Wuhan 430079,China [2]College of Urban and Environmental Science,Central China Normal University,Wuhan 430079,China [3]Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China [4]Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources,Colorado State University,Fort Collins 80523,USA

出　　处：《Journal of Mountain Science》2022年第10期3026-3036,共11页山地科学学报（英文）

基　　金：funded by the National Social Science Foundation of China(Grant No.20CMZ033)。

摘　　要：Questions persist on the relationship between tourism dependence and economic growth in ethnic tourism areas.This study addresses such gaps by constructing a threshold regression model based on socio-economic data from 2006 to 2019 for nine sites in Enshi Prefecture of central China.Arc GIS and other open-source data were also used to visualize changing tourism resources in the region.Findings suggest that tourism dependence(the ratio of tourism-based GDP to overall GDP)significantly promotes economic growth in ethnic minority areas.However,the positive influence of tourism dependence on economic growth appears dynamic and non-linear–rising at first before falling when tourism dependence exceeded a threshold of 34%,with effects varying by site and year.Methods and findings make crucial theoretical contributions to understanding tourism dependence and poverty alleviation linkages.This paper also highlights the importance of political support and balanced investment in diverse industries to minimize decreasing returns beyond tourism dependence thresholds in destinations worldwide.

关 键 词：Ethnic tourism Tourism dependence Economic growth Threshold effects Poverty alleviation Threshold regression model 

分 类 号：F592.7[经济管理—旅游管理] F127[经济管理—产业经济]