Spatial Mismatch of Tourism Resources and Tourism Economy in Guangxi, China

Abstract

This study analyzed the spatial mismatch between tourism resources abundance and tourism economy development level in Guangxi, China. tourism resources abundance index, tourism economy development index, gravity model, and tourism spatial mismatch index were used. The results show that: (1) The spatial mismatch between tourism resources and tourism economy was obvious in Guangxi. The gravity center of tourism resources abundance was northeast-southwest, and the gravity center of tourism economy was southwest-northeast-southwest. (2) The degree of tourism spatial mismatch was different among the cities. The tourism spatial mismatch indexes in 3 cities had been consistently greater than 0, and they were always less than 0 in 4 cities. The other 7 cities were in a positive and negative alternating state. (3) The level of tourism spatial mismatch would change. There were a total of 6 cities that had basically remained in their original state, while the other cities had undergone certain changes.