How tourism industry agglomeration improves tourism economic efficiency?

2021 ◽  
pp. 135481662110091
Author(s):  
Zhoufei Li ◽  
Huiyue Liu
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Regional Analysis ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Location Quotient ◽  
Industry Agglomeration ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
The Impact

The agglomeration of the tourism industry has important effects on its efficiency. This article used panel data on the Chinese provincial tourism industry for the 2011–2016 period, applied the location quotient index and three-stage data envelopment analysis method to, respectively, measure the degree of agglomeration and efficiency, and explained the impact of agglomeration on tourism efficiency. The empirical results of this study indicate the following. (1) China’s tourism industry shows a trend towards agglomeration, revealing gradient differences where the highest degree of agglomeration is in the eastern region, followed by the western and central regions. (2) After eliminating random and environmental factors, the adjusted efficiencies are lower than the unadjusted efficiencies. The average overall tourism efficiency is higher in the eastern region than in the central and western regions. (3) From the national perspective, industrial agglomeration can significantly improve the overall efficiency (TE), pure technical efficiency (PTE), and scale efficiency of the tourism industry. (4) Based on regional analysis, the agglomeration of the eastern tourism industry can significantly enhance its TE and PTE. Agglomeration for the western area has a significant positive impact on PTE. There is no significant relationship between agglomeration and efficiency in the central region.

scholarly journals Impact of low vision services on the quality of life of low vision patients in Ghana

2016 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Godwin O. Ovenseri-Ogbomo ◽  
Harriette Osafo-Agyei ◽  
Ralph E.U. Akpalaba ◽  
James Addy ◽  
Elizabeth O. Ovenseri
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Visual Acuity ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Low Vision Clinic ◽  
The Impact

Patients’ perspectives on the impact of clinical interventions have been recognised as critical elements in patient care. Quality-of-life instruments are designed to measure these perspectives. We used the National Eye Institute’s 25-item Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ) to measure the impact of optical low vision devices on the quality of life of 22 low vision patients who obtained and were using low vision devices from a secondary low vision clinic in the Eastern Region, Ghana. The study employed a pre- and post-intervention technique. We found statistically significant improvements in measured visual acuity and NEI VFQ scores in 8 of the 10 domains evaluated. We conclude that optical low vision devices have a positive impact on the quality of life of low vision patients in Ghana.Keywords: low vision; quality of life; visual acuity; visual impairment; Ghana

scholarly journals Analyzing the Performance of the Population Health Environment on the Promotion of Provincial Governors in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsiao-Fen Hsiao ◽  
Meng-Han Zhao ◽  
Wen-Ju Liao
Keyword(s):  
Population Health ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Environmental Index ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Main Factor

China's economy has achieved rapid growth, but the change has also brought about serious environmental degradation, which is the main factor endangering human health. This study empirically investigates the impact of the population health environmental index on the promotion of provincial governors using an ordered probit model. The sample of the study consists of regions where provincial governors, municipal mayors, and autonomous region chairmen were stationed from 1995 to 2015. The results show that the population health environmental index had a significant and positive impact on governors' promotions, especially in the eastern region. The reformation of the population health environmental index assessment system for government officials was the initial factor that brought about these effects.

scholarly journals The Impact of Tourism on the Local Economy in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin-Hong Puah ◽  
Meng-Chang Jong ◽  
Norazirah Ayob ◽  
Shafinar Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Distributed Lag ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The local and international communities play an important role in the sustainable growth of the Malaysian tourism industry. The principle of sustainable growth in the tourism industry was proposed by the World Tourism Organization (WTO) in 1988. As the tourism industry is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in Malaysia, the government has poured considerable effort into promoting this industry consistent with the objective of the Economic Transformation Program (ETP) to transform from a resource-based economy to a service-based economy. This study aimed to test the hypothesis of tourism-led growth from Malaysia’s perspective. The tourism revenue earned by the government can be used to invest in industry to further promote economic growth in Malaysia. Hence, tourist receipts and capital investment in the tourism industry are important factors that can affect the nation’s economic growth. Utilizing Malaysian data from 1995 to 2016, the study employed the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach to examine whether the tourism-led growth is valid in this study. Empirical findings indicated that both variables have a significant positive impact on economic growth and the hypothesis of tourism-led growth is accepted in Malaysia.

scholarly journals New Round of Collective Forest Rights Reform, Forestland Transfer and Household Production Efficiency

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 988
Author(s):  
Jinna Yu ◽  
Yiming Wei ◽  
Wei Fang ◽  
Zhen Liu ◽  
Yujie Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Jiangxi Province ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Policy Effects ◽  
Influence Mechanism ◽  
Household Productivity ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this paper was to analyze the influence mechanism of the new round of Collective Forest Rights Reform (CFRR) on farmers’ production efficiency from the perspective of forestland transfer. Based on the panel data of field investigation in Jiangxi Province, a panel logit model was used to verify whether the new round of CFRR has affected farmers’ forestland circulation behavior. The results showed that the new round of CFRR has played a significant role in promoting forestland circulation. Secondly, the non-parametric DEA method was used to estimate the technical, scale, and comprehensive efficiency of households. DID and panel quantile models were constructed to analyze the impact of forestland inflow policy and forestland outflow policy effects on rural household productivity. The regression results showed that the effect of forestland inflow has had a significantly positive impact on scale and comprehensive efficiency, but it only had a significant effect on technical efficiency in the 0.1 quartile. The effect of forestland outflow was not found to be significant for technical, scale, and comprehensive efficiency, but it was found to be negative for technical efficiency in the 0.75 quartile and negative for scale efficiency in the 0.5 and 0.75 quantiles.

scholarly journals Dampak Pengembangan Pantai Kilo Lima pada Masyarakat Lokal di Kota Luwuk Kabupaten Banggai

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-144
Author(s):  
Anda Prasetyo Ery ◽  
Dharma Kuba ◽  
Ariesta Ariesta
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Tourism development often does not pay attention to the preservation of natural resources and local culture which are also affected by tourism development and considers that the tourism industry is an industry whose existence is interrelated. This research is descriptive research in the form of written or oral words from people and observable behavior and to be able to better identify the variables to be examined in relation to them and aims to present a structured, factual, and accurate description of the facts -fact and the relationship between the variables to be studied. From the results of the study there are positive and negative impacts that arise. Both environmental, socio-cultural, and economic impacts on local communities who are the main actors who feel the impact of tourism development. The community has felt the positive impact provided by the tourism sector. Although there are still negative impacts that are also felt.

scholarly journals An Integrated Measurement of the Efficiency of China’s Industrial Circular Economy and Associated Influencing Factors

Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1610
Author(s):  
Chenyu Lu ◽  
Yang Zhang ◽  
Hengji Li ◽  
Zilong Zhang ◽  
Wei Cheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Industrial Transformation ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Autonomous Regions ◽  
The Impact

Since the 1990s, the notion of a circular economy has been developing globally; countries all over the world have been considering the development of a circular economy as an important means of achieving sustainable development. As the development of an industrial circular economy can help promote the efficient recycling of resources, it is an important starting point for industrial transformation and upgrading, and represents a key factor that will lead to the development of a circular economy in China. China’s varying provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) have successively implemented circular economy practices in the industrial field. The research object of the present study is 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the control of central government (Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and Tibet were not included owing to lack of data). Through the integration of geographic information systems (GIS) technology and the spatial analysis model, data envelopment analysis (DEA) model, and Tobit regression model, a measure model and index system are constructed, in order to carry out a multi-angle comprehensive study integrating the efficiency evaluation, spatial analysis, and influencing factors analysis of China’s industrial circular economy. It is an important innovation, and an important contribution to the existing research system. The conclusions are as follows: (1) In general, the overall level of China’s industrial circular economy’s efficiency was not high, and there was still a lot of room for improvement. The integrated efficiency of the industrial circular economy in the eastern region was relatively high, followed by that in the western region, and the lowest level in the middle region. (2) The efficiency of China’s industrial circular economy displayed obvious spatial aggregation characteristics at the provincial level, including clear spatial dependence and spatial heterogeneity. High-value aggregation areas were mainly distributed in the eastern coastal areas, and low-value aggregation areas were concentrated and contiguously distributed in the middle and western inland areas. (3) The four elements of economic level, openness to the outside, government regulation, and industrialization aggregation each impose a significant positive impact on the efficiency of China’s industrial circular economy, which can promote its efficiency. The level of industrialization exerts a significant negative impact on the efficiency of the industrial circular economy, which hampers its improvement. The impact of technological innovation on the efficiency of the industrial circular economy is not statistically significant.

Drivers of tourism growth

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 941-962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianping Zha ◽  
Zhiyong Li
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Output Growth ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Central China ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
Tourism Economy ◽  
Factor Inputs

The article has constructed the nonparametric decomposition framework to measure the growth drivers of tourism economy, and analyzed the drivers with the input and output data of the tourism industry in 30 provinces of China from 2005 to 2012. The results show that the contribution of total factor productivity (TFP) was gradually overtaking that of the factor inputs in this period and became the main driver of Chinese tourism output growth, with its corresponding contribution rate jumping from 48.56% in 2006 to 76.55% in 2012. Technological progress was the key to the escalation of such contribution, while technical efficiency, scale efficiency especially, had a relatively smaller, slipping contribution to the growth and the contribution of pure technical efficiency was negligible, sliding from 51.44% in 2006 to 23.45% in 2012. The drivers for tourism economy growth differed from region to region, with the middle and western regions growing faster than the eastern region. The rise in Central China was mainly driven by scale efficiency, while that in the western region was mostly fueled by pure technical efficiency that appears to manifest in two distinct phases: drive of factor input in 2005–2008 and TFP drive in 2008–2012. The tourism economy of China became increasingly intensive from 2006 to 2012, where the contribution of TFP surpassed that of factor inputs and the growth was ever more driven by TFP.

scholarly journals An Analysis of the Impact of Market Segmentation on Energy Efficiency: A Spatial Econometric Model Applied in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7659
Author(s):  
Liangjun Yi ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Yuanxin Liu ◽  
Weilin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Geographically Weighted Regression ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Weighted Regression ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Geographically Weighted Regression Model ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Impact

China’s recent development has been nothing short of remarkable, but energy-saving, and environmental protection is still a serious problem. The improvement of energy efficiency (EE) is an important factor for China to better follow the path of energy conservation, sustainable development, and environmental protection. Meanwhile, market segmentation is a unique phenomenon in the process of China’s economic development. Hence, studying market segmentation on energy efficiency has positive significance for improving energy efficiency. The major objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between EE and market segmentation. This paper measures market segmentation by the Price-Based Approach, calculating EE by super slack-based measure (super-SBM), and integrated spatial Durbin model and geographically weighted regression model. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 1995 to 2018, this paper finds that: (1) Regional market segmentation has a significant negative effect on EE. Moreover, in terms of spatial effect, market segmentation has a positive spatial spillover on EE estimated by 0-1 matrix suggesting that market segmentation in the surrounding area has a positive impact on local EE. (2) The negative effect of Market segmentation on EE demonstrates the obvious regional difference: Eastern region > central region > western region. In addition, geographically weighted regression results show that the impact of market segmentation on EE shows that in regional spatial distribution, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui have the strongest negative effect, second in Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei. (3) This paper confirms that market segmentation can affect EE through local protectionism, technological difference, and scale effect. Finally, through the above research basis, put forward the corresponding policy suggestions.

scholarly journals The Influence of Income and Currency Changes on Tourist Inflow to Norwegian Campsites: The Case of Swedish and German Visitors

Economies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Leiv Opstad ◽  
Randi Hammervold ◽  
Johannes Idsø
Keyword(s):  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Income Elasticity ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Series Data ◽  
A Value ◽  
Industry Planning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Overnight Stays

There are few published articles on the demand for campsites, despite this being an important segment of the tourism industry. The purpose of this study was to gain further understanding of this topic. Using publicly available data over a period of 20 years, income and currency elasticity were estimated for German and Swedish camping tourists by using a natural logarithmic regression model with time series data. The results showed that both income and the exchange rate influenced the number of overnight stays, but the impact was rather small. The income elasticity for Swedish visitors was significant with a value of about 0.5, while it was zero and not significant for German camping tourists. Appreciation of the euro was associated with more visitors from Germany, but the estimated exchange rate elasticity was below 1.0 (and significant). A stronger Swedish currency relative to the Norwegian currency did not appear to have an effect. However, a stronger Swedish exchange rate, measured in euros, had a positive impact on Swedish camping visitors in Norway. The reason might be that more Swedish residents spend holidays abroad, and there is complementarity among the neighboring countries. Such calculations provide useful information for tourist industry planning.

scholarly journals Efficiency Evaluation of China’s Public Sports Services: A Three-Stage DEA Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (20) ◽  
pp. 10597
Author(s):  
Pengyu Ren ◽  
Zhaoxia Liu
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Efficiency Evaluation ◽  
Fitness Program ◽  
Dea Model ◽  
Service Efficiency ◽  
The Impact

Improving the level of public sports services enhances citizens’ physical fitness by implementing the national fitness program. A systematic and scientific efficiency evaluation is a prerequisite for optimizing and improving the level of public sports services in China. Based on data of the Chinese Statistic Yearbook, this study adopted the three-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to measure and analyze the efficiency of public sports services in 31 provinces in China in 2016. To analyze the efficiency of public sports services, technical efficiency was decomposed into pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency. Simultaneously, environmental variables were added to improve accuracy. The results showed that scale efficiency was overestimated, and external technical efficiency was underestimated, before the elimination of external factors and environmental variables. Environmental factors significantly impacted the efficiency of public sports services. Regional gross domestic product (GDP) had a potentially positive impact, while population size partially restricted public sports service efficiency. After eliminating the impact of environmental and random factors, the comprehensive efficiency, pure technical efficiency, and scale efficiency of public sports services all showed improvement in varying degrees. The results provide beneficial insights for the formulation of rational improvement policies for public sports services.

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