Research on the Spatial Distribution Pattern and Influencing Factors of China’s Antipoverty (Pro-Poor Tourism) on GIS

Qing Yang,Zhen Wei,Fengtai Zhang,Yue Zhang,Changcheng Sun,Youzhi An,Jianfeng Wu,Jose Luis Calvo-Rolle

doi:10.1155/2021/6682498

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https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6682498

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Abstract

Eliminating poverty is the common mission of all mankind, and it is also an important task faced by many countries. Pro-poor tourism villages are an active attempt by China to use rural tourism to escape poverty. This paper aims to provide theoretical support for consolidating the results of poverty alleviation and achieving comprehensive poverty alleviation and to provide a scientific basis for policy formulation by using GIS spatial analysis to study the spatial distribution characteristics and influencing factors of 22,651 pro-poor tourism villages in China. The findings revealed that the spatial distribution of pro-poor tourism villages is roughly divided by the Hu line. Pro-poor tourism villages show an uneven agglomeration pattern and present a spatial pattern of dense southeast and sparse northwest with six high-density core areas, among which some cities in the southwest are H-H agglomeration areas. Specifically, topography, annual rainfall, endowment of tourism resources, location transportation, and policy orientation are important factors affecting the spatial distribution of pro-poor tourism villages.

Highlights

Poverty is a phenomenon that exists all over the world [1]
In the framework of the pro-poor tourism, the poor population is the core, and it directly focuses on the tourist destinations and their tourism practices in poor areas, especially the situation related to the poor population [5]
Tourism poverty alleviation villages refer to poor villages in rural areas and are the smallest spatial representation and basic organizational unit of poverty in rural areas

Summary

Introduction

Poverty is a phenomenon that exists all over the world [1]. Pro-poor tourism is a way of poverty alleviation in povertystricken areas by using local tourism resources to promote economic, cultural, and social development and increase local residents’ income [2]. (1) We expect to broaden the depth and breadth of pro-poor tourism from the perspective of geographic research and deepen the understanding of the factors affecting the spatial distribution of pro-poor tourism areas. It can be regarded as a progress in the study of spatial antipoverty theory in China. (2) It can provide theoretical support for consolidating the poverty alleviation achievements of pro-poor tourism villages, accelerate the development of rural leisure tourism in pro-poor tourism villages, and provide a scientific basis for government departments to improve policy support for the integration of agriculture and tourism. Using rural tourism to get rid of poverty can provide reference for other countries in the world to get rid of poverty

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Spatial Distribution Characteristics

Influencing Factors

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Conclusion and Policy Recommendations