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Journal of Desert Research ›› 2025, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (6): 1-11.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2025.00018

   

Tourism-ecology-public service coordinated development in the Yellow River Basin and its influencing factors

Zhongwu Zhang(), Qian Wang, Jiayao Qi, Shiyu Wang   

  1. School of Geographic Sciences,Shanxi Normal University,Taiyuan 030031,China
  • Received:2024-12-17 Revised:2025-02-20 Online:2025-11-20 Published:2025-11-26

Abstract:

Exploring the coupling and coordination between tourism, ecology, and public services is of great significance for ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin. This study constructs an evaluation index system and utilizes coupling coordination models, kernel density estimation, Markov chain models, and the XGboost model to examine the spatial-temporal characteristics and influencing factors of their coordinated evolution. The results show that:(1)Tourism shows a pattern of sustained growth followed by a brief decline over time, while spatially it exhibits a "high-high aggregation, low-low aggregation" feature. Ecology has demonstrated a stable growth trend from 2008 to 2022, with a spatial pattern of "economically developed cities leading the way". Public services have experienced a wave-like upward trend, with significant regional differences.(2)The coupling coordination level of the three systems has undergone a growth-decline process over time. Spatially, the coordination level follows the order of downstream > midstream > upstream, with significant regional differences and a "club convergence" phenomenon.(3)There is a clear non-linear relationship between the coupling coordination level and influencing factors. Human capital and technological innovation are the primary influencing factors. Economic development, industrial structure, human capital, environmental regulation, financial development, and technological innovation all have a positive impact on the coordinated development of the three systems. Government intervention has a negative impact, while foreign direct investment has a relatively small effect on the coordinated development of the three systems.

Key words: tourism, ecology, public services, coupled coordination

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