Evaluating the symbiosis status of tourist towns: The case of Guizhou Province, China

Yang, C.; Huang, J.; Lin, Z.; Zhang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Xu, X.; Chen, M.

Abstract

This study examines the symbiosis status of tourist towns by analyzing the dynamism between two subsystems of tourist town development: the town subsystem and the tourism subsystem. Drawing on the Lotka-Volterra model, we first developed a model for evaluating the status of harmonious symbiosis development for tourist towns, and then formulated a set of indicators to measure the key components in the model. An empirical study applying the model was conducted focusing on 18 tourist towns in Guizhou Province, China. Recommendations were proposed for more harmonious development of the tourist towns. This is among the first tourism studies that adopt the symbiosis systems approach and our proposed model provides fresh insights into tourist town development.

Citation

Yang, C., Huang, J., Lin, Z., Zhang, D., Zhu, Y., Xu, X., & Chen, M. (2019). Evaluating the symbiosis status of tourist towns: The case of Guizhou Province, China. Annals of Tourism Research, 72, 109-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.07.008

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 19, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jul 24, 2018
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Jul 19, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 24, 2020
• Journal: Annals of Tourism Research
• Print ISSN: 0160-7383
• Publisher: Elsevier Masson
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 72
• Pages: 109-125
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.07.008
• Keywords: Tourist town, Planning, Development, Symbiosis, Lotka-Volterra model, China.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1320523