Abstract
Synergistic development of the culture, sports, and tourism industries is an emerging trend in China, providing new formats for industrial evolution and fresh momentum for industrial upgrading. Therefore, building a robust framework to evaluate the synergistic development is relevant to China’s economic and social development. This study used a coupling coordination model to calculate the coupling coordination degree of the three industries, for 31 provinces in China from 2013 to 2017. Subsequently, it employed spatial autocorrelation techniques and GeoDetector to identify factors affecting the synergistic development from global and local perspectives before discussing the driving mechanisms. The results showed that (1) the synergistic development of the three industries was generally stable with a slight imbalance. (2) The development level varied across regions. The general spatial pattern was low in northeastern and western China, stable and average in the central region, and high in the eastern region. (3) The synergistic development has a prominent “proximity dependence” effect reflected by a notable spatial agglomeration feature and positive spatial autocorrelation trend and (4) twenty-one indicators of six driving factors (industrial pulling force, population supporting force, consumer purchasing power, transportation pushing force, resource attraction force, and economic driving force) affected the synergistic development.
Highlights
In recent years, pursuing synergistic development across industries has become an emerging global trend
It employed spatial autocorrelation techniques and GeoDetector to identify factors affecting the synergistic development from global and local perspectives before discussing the driving mechanisms. e results showed that (1) the synergistic development of the three industries was generally stable with a slight imbalance. (2) e development level varied across regions. e general spatial pattern was low in northeastern and western China, stable and average in the central region, and high in the eastern region. (3) e synergistic development has a prominent “proximity dependence” effect reflected by a notable spatial agglomeration feature and positive spatial autocorrelation trend and (4) twenty-one indicators of six driving factors affected the synergistic development
Qiu et al [3] investigated whether the tourism industry can promote rural economy and explored the synergistic development problem between agriculture and tourism based on a corresponding index system and a coupling coordination model. e study demonstrated the integrated development of the agricultural and tourism industries
Summary
In recent years, pursuing synergistic development across industries has become an emerging global trend. Ese supportive measures cover multiple dimensions, such as land allocation, fiscal assistance, financing accessibility, tax and levy incentives, and brand building As they could considerably promote the development of other industries with their long industrial chains, CST industries are a critical driver of the Chinese economy. Qiu et al [3] investigated whether the tourism industry can promote rural economy and explored the synergistic development problem between agriculture and tourism based on a corresponding index system and a coupling coordination model. Erefore, using the coupling coordination model, this study measured the coupling coordination degree of the CST industries of 31 provinces (including provincial-level municipalities and autonomous regions, but excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) in China from 2013 to 2017 and followed the research framework of “spatial pattern-spatial effect” to reveal the synergistic development trend and related spatiotemporal evolution patterns of the cultural, sports, and tourism industries. GeoDetector was used to explore the driving factors of the synergistic development quantitatively. is study provides a more reasonable explanation of the mechanisms behind the observed patterns and expands theoretical and empirical research of CST industries, thereby informing the measures to enhance their synergistic development
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