Tourism dependence and poverty alleviation thresholds in Chinese ethnic tourism.

ABSTRACT: Questions persist on the relationship between tourism dependence and economic growth in ethnic tourism areas. This study addresses such gaps by constructing a threshold regression model based on socio-economic data from 2006 to 2019 for nine sites in Enshi Prefecture of central China. ArcGIS and other open-source data were also used to visualize changing tourism resources in the region. Findings suggest that tourism dependence (the ratio of tourism-based GDP to overall GDP) significantly promotes economic growth in ethnic minority areas. However, the positive influence of tourism dependence on economic growth appears dynamic and non-linear - rising at first before falling when tourism dependence exceeded a threshold of 34%, with effects varying by site and year. Methods and findings make c

SUBMITTER: Li YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9607693 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature