Tourism and recreation resources as a factor of China tourism territorial organization

Aim. To conduct a comprehensive study of tourism and recreational resources and their impact on the territorial organization of tourism in China.

Methodology. The article gives a comprehensive (integrated) assessment of China’s tourism resources (by individual parameters and an integrated indicator), shows the territorial differentiation of the tourism development levels of China’s administrative regions, identifies the most and least promising regions for tourism development (by individual parameters and an integrated assessment). The main methods of research are: comparative, analytical, statistical, cartographic, system research methods and GIS technologies.

Results. The study showed a high concentration of the natural and historical-cultural tourist resources in China regions, revealed a direct correlation between the level of economic development of the region and the state of its tourist infrastructure, which directly affects integrated indicators of the level of development of the regions tourism industry. On the basis of a score assessment, 3 groups of regions were identified according to the level of tourist resources and the state of tourist infrastructure (favorable, less favorable, unfavorable). Most of the regions belong either to the 1^st or 3^rd group.

Research implications. The scientific novelty of the study lies in a comprehensive analysis of tourist and recreational resources and the creation on their basis of a series of maps of the administrative regions of the PRC, as well as maps of tourist and recreational potential. The materials of the article can be used as a basis for further research on this topic.

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