Exploratory analysis of the position of Chinese cities as international tourism hubs: product destination versus business environment internationalization

This paper measures the level of tourism internationalization of 50 major cities in Mainland China by analyzing their connectivity as international tourism hubs. A typology of cities is presented based on a comparison of their ‘product destination internationalization’ and ‘business environment int...

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Autores principales: Xiang Feng, Ben Derudder, Xiaochuan Zhu, Haixia Zhou
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0e3203175c03465a935131e6d6d83ad02021-12-05T10:45:08ZExploratory analysis of the position of Chinese cities as international tourism hubs: product destination versus business environment internationalization10.21138/bage.30510212-94262605-3322https://doaj.org/article/0e3203175c03465a935131e6d6d83ad02021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://bage.age-geografia.es/ojs/index.php/bage/article/view/3051https://doaj.org/toc/0212-9426https://doaj.org/toc/2605-3322 This paper measures the level of tourism internationalization of 50 major cities in Mainland China by analyzing their connectivity as international tourism hubs. A typology of cities is presented based on a comparison of their ‘product destination internationalization’ and ‘business environment internationalization’ in the tourism sector. Results are interpreted in the context of three dimensions of the internationalization of the Chinese economy: the imbalanced development of the space-economy; the uneven impact of policy plans and mechanisms; and the imprint of spatio-political hierarchies. We discuss how this study can be complemented with research using other spatial imageries, and used as the starting point for further comparative studies on tourism internationalization in other geographical contexts. Xiang FengBen DerudderXiaochuan ZhuHaixia ZhouAsociación Española de GeografíaarticleChinarankingtourism hubsglobalizationEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350Geography (General)G1-922ENESBoletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, Iss 89 (2021)
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topic China
ranking
tourism hubs
globalization
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Geography (General)
G1-922
spellingShingle China
ranking
tourism hubs
globalization
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Geography (General)
G1-922
Xiang Feng
Ben Derudder
Xiaochuan Zhu
Haixia Zhou
Exploratory analysis of the position of Chinese cities as international tourism hubs: product destination versus business environment internationalization
description This paper measures the level of tourism internationalization of 50 major cities in Mainland China by analyzing their connectivity as international tourism hubs. A typology of cities is presented based on a comparison of their ‘product destination internationalization’ and ‘business environment internationalization’ in the tourism sector. Results are interpreted in the context of three dimensions of the internationalization of the Chinese economy: the imbalanced development of the space-economy; the uneven impact of policy plans and mechanisms; and the imprint of spatio-political hierarchies. We discuss how this study can be complemented with research using other spatial imageries, and used as the starting point for further comparative studies on tourism internationalization in other geographical contexts.
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Ben Derudder
Xiaochuan Zhu
Haixia Zhou
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Ben Derudder
Xiaochuan Zhu
Haixia Zhou
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title Exploratory analysis of the position of Chinese cities as international tourism hubs: product destination versus business environment internationalization
title_short Exploratory analysis of the position of Chinese cities as international tourism hubs: product destination versus business environment internationalization
title_full Exploratory analysis of the position of Chinese cities as international tourism hubs: product destination versus business environment internationalization
title_fullStr Exploratory analysis of the position of Chinese cities as international tourism hubs: product destination versus business environment internationalization
title_full_unstemmed Exploratory analysis of the position of Chinese cities as international tourism hubs: product destination versus business environment internationalization
title_sort exploratory analysis of the position of chinese cities as international tourism hubs: product destination versus business environment internationalization
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