High-speed rail and tourism expansion in China: a spatial spillover effect perspective
Tourism exerts a great effect on the modern economy and relies largely on the flow of people facilitated by high-quality transportation infrastructure. Applying a spatial econometric method, this paper investigates the effect of high-speed rail (HSR) on tourism expansion in China from the view of t...
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Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
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Tourism exerts a great effect on the modern economy and relies largely on the flow of people facilitated by high-quality transportation infrastructure. Applying a spatial econometric method, this paper investigates the effect of high-speed rail (HSR) on tourism expansion in China from the view of the spatial spillover effect. Based on a 276 Chinese cities’ panel dataset over 2005–2019, a positive role of HSR in tourism expansion is observed. Compared with cities unconnected to the HSR network, cities accessible by HSR experienced a 22% increase in tourism revenue and a 38% rise in tourist arrivals. In addition, the connection of a city to the HSR network also exerts a great spatial spillover role in the increase of tourism revenue and arrivals in peripheral cities which are not directly connected by HSR. The research findings offer important insights on the relationship between transportation infrastructure and tourism with significant policy implications regarding tourism development.
First published online 6 November 2023
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c6ad8dd13814366b246cc3ec3b386222023-11-06T16:21:56ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityTechnological and Economic Development of Economy2029-49132029-49212023-11-0110.3846/tede.2023.19813High-speed rail and tourism expansion in China: a spatial spillover effect perspectiveFan Zhang0Feng Wang1Shujie Yao2Fanjie Fu3School of Economics, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Shanxi, ChinaSchool of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China; Institution of Digital Energy & Technical Economics, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaSchool of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaSichuan International Studies University, Chongqing, China Tourism exerts a great effect on the modern economy and relies largely on the flow of people facilitated by high-quality transportation infrastructure. Applying a spatial econometric method, this paper investigates the effect of high-speed rail (HSR) on tourism expansion in China from the view of the spatial spillover effect. Based on a 276 Chinese cities’ panel dataset over 2005–2019, a positive role of HSR in tourism expansion is observed. Compared with cities unconnected to the HSR network, cities accessible by HSR experienced a 22% increase in tourism revenue and a 38% rise in tourist arrivals. In addition, the connection of a city to the HSR network also exerts a great spatial spillover role in the increase of tourism revenue and arrivals in peripheral cities which are not directly connected by HSR. The research findings offer important insights on the relationship between transportation infrastructure and tourism with significant policy implications regarding tourism development. First published online 6 November 2023 https://jeelm.vgtu.lt/index.php/TEDE/article/view/19813high-speed railtourismspatial spillover effectChina |
| spellingShingle | Fan Zhang Feng Wang Shujie Yao Fanjie Fu High-speed rail and tourism expansion in China: a spatial spillover effect perspective Technological and Economic Development of Economy high-speed rail tourism spatial spillover effect China |
| title | High-speed rail and tourism expansion in China: a spatial spillover effect perspective |
| title_full | High-speed rail and tourism expansion in China: a spatial spillover effect perspective |
| title_fullStr | High-speed rail and tourism expansion in China: a spatial spillover effect perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | High-speed rail and tourism expansion in China: a spatial spillover effect perspective |
| title_short | High-speed rail and tourism expansion in China: a spatial spillover effect perspective |
| title_sort | high speed rail and tourism expansion in china a spatial spillover effect perspective |
| topic | high-speed rail tourism spatial spillover effect China |
| url | https://jeelm.vgtu.lt/index.php/TEDE/article/view/19813 |
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