Abstract
This article aims to examine whether tourism can promote or hinder balanced regional development (BRD) in China. Unlike previous studies that mostly employ simple descriptive analysis, this study empirically analyzes the effects of tourism on BRD, especially on regional economic disparity within and between inland and coastal areas, by using the conditional convergence model of Barro and Sala-i-Martin. Results indicate that tourism development in China has a positive effect on BRD. Nevertheless, inland area (less developed region) has faster conditional convergence than coastal area (developed region) because of the tourism development. In addition, tourism has a stronger positive effect on economic growth in inland area than in coastal area, which denotes that tourism development can reduce regional inequality in China.
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