Abstract
This study focuses on the early stage of high-speed railways (HSRs) and corrects problems in a timely manner and integrates the direction for tourism development. Its aim is to realize the sustainable development of mountain tourism in the southwest region of China. Based on the panel data from 2010 to 2019 of 39 cities in Guizhou, Guangxi, and Yunnan provinces, which are in the southwest mountainous region of China, and using data envelope analyses, the Malmquist productivity index, the Tobit model, and the intermediary effect, this study verifies the impact of core factors on the development efficiency of mountain tourism in the early stage of an HSR to find the problems existing in tourism development at present and in future stages. Results show the following: (1) In its early stage, an HSR is not yet the key factor to improve the efficiency of tourism development in the mountainous region. (2) The promotion effect of an HSR on the efficiency of tourism development is delayed. (3) In its early stage, an HSR breaks the balance of resource investment and wastes resources. (4) Taking HSRs is born out of the rigid demand of residents in the mountainous region rather than of their income levels. (5) Accessibility in mountain tourism plays a positive role between HSRs and the efficiency of tourism development.
Highlights
As a result of the development of “The Beijing-Tianjin inter-city HSR” operation, initiated in the year 2008, China has made remarkable achievements in high-speed railways (HSRs) by putting into operation over 71 lines dedicated to high-speed railways (HSRs), covering almost around 35,000 km by the end of the year 2019, reaching speeds of up to 350 km per hour
The data are derived from the annual statistical bulletin of urban social development, EPS database, and statistical yearbook; and land is replaced by tourism resource indicators [44]
PEch has a negative impact on the efficiency of tourism development in the mountainous region, and the biggest internal driving force to improve the efficiency of tourism development is TEch, followed by SEch
Summary
As a result of the development of “The Beijing-Tianjin inter-city HSR” operation, initiated in the year 2008, China has made remarkable achievements in high-speed railways (HSRs) by putting into operation over 71 lines dedicated to high-speed railways (HSRs), covering almost around 35,000 km by the end of the year 2019, reaching speeds of up to 350 km per hour. The study suggests that the government make coordinated policy efforts at different life cycle stages of an HSR’s construction so as to achieve the sustainable development of mountain tourism economy in the southwest region of China
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