Tourism and regional income inequality: Evidence from China |
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Affiliation: | 1. Universidad de Málaga, Andalucía Tech, Facultad de Comercio y Gestión, Departamento de Estadística y Econometría, Spain;2. Máster en Dirección y Planificación del Turismo, Facultad de Turismo, Universidad de Málaga, Spain |
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Abstract: | This study examines the role of tourism development in reducing regional income inequality in China. First, the theoretical foundation for how tourism affects regional income inequality is discussed. Second, based on the conditional convergence framework, this study proposes a spatiotemporal autoregressive model to capture spatial and temporal dependence as well as spatial heterogeneity. Tourism development is introduced as a conditional convergence factor in an attempt to examine whether the convergence speed is accelerated by regional tourism development. Third, the effects of international and domestic tourism in narrowing regional inequality are compared both globally and locally. The empirical results indicate that tourism development contributes significantly to the reduction of regional inequality, with domestic tourism making a greater contribution than international tourism. |
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Keywords: | Tourism development Regional inequality Domestic tourism International tourism Spatial analysis Local spatiotemporal autoregressive model |
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