Spatial distribution and influencing factors of high-quality tourist attractions in Shandong Province, China.

ABSTRACT: Optimizing the spatial layout of high-quality tourist attractions is of great significance in the sustainable development of the tourism industry. This work employs the ArcGIS spatial analysis tool to study the form, equality, and density of the spatial distribution of the 892 3A+ tourist attractions (high-quality tourist attractions hereafter) in Shandong Province, China. It also examines the factors influencing the spatial distribution of tourist attractions from the perspectives of geographic features and landscapes, culture and heritage, socioeconomic development, and transportation. We therefore find the following: 1) High-quality tourist attractions in Shandong Province have obvious clustering in spatial distribution with the high-density areas mainly concentrated in Qingdao, Jining,

SUBMITTER: Wang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10348535 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature