Geographia Technica, Vol 19, Issue 2, 2024, pp. 197-212
COUPLING COORDINATION RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN-RURAL INTEGRATION
Zhangxin YIN, Liuyan DAI, Chang GAN, Mihai VODA 
ABSTRACT: Our research aims to explore the coupling coordination relationship between tourism development and the URI (urban-rural integration) and its obstacle factors in the western Hunan Province by adopting modified coupling coordination model, scissor difference model, and grey correlation model. Prime conclusions are as follows. First, the relationship among tourism development and urban-rural integration in western Hunan Province has experienced the evolution process of “moderately uncoordinated–slightly uncoordinated–nearly uncoordinated”. Second, the level of tourism development still lagged behind the degree of urban-rural integration. Third, spatial integration, social integration, and tourism scale were main obstacle factors that affects this coupling coordination relationship. Compared with previous research, this study concentrates on the division of evolution periods and the obstacle factors of relationship among tourism development and urban-rural integration. It is of great importance for policy-makers to formulate policies of common prosperity in western Hunan Province, China.
Keywords: Tourism development; urban-rural integration; Modified coupling coordination model; Coupling coordination; Scissor difference model
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