ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Coordinated Development of the Tourism
Industry and Ecological Environment:
A Case Study of Hubei Province in China
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School of Economics, South-Central Minzu University,Wuhan 430070, China
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School of Philosophy, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430070, China
Submission date: 2023-10-14
Final revision date: 2023-12-06
Acceptance date: 2023-12-21
Online publication date: 2024-04-30
Publication date: 2024-06-07
Corresponding author
Yue Yang
School of Economics, South-Central Minzu University,Wuhan 430070, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(4):4903-4915
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ABSTRACT
The ecological environment provides good environmental conditions for the development of the
tourism industry, and the development of the tourism industry also plays a vital role in the ecological
environment, and the dependence of the tourism industry on the ecological environment leads to
a complex interactive relationship between the two. Therefore, it is crucial to study the coordinated
development relationship between the tourism industry and the ecological environment. This study
takes 2012-2019 as the time span to construct the Pressure-State-Response (PSR) model framework of
the coupling and coordination mechanism between the tourism industry and the ecological environment
in Hubei Province. Comprehensively using the entropy value method, the coupling coordination degree
model method, and statistical software such as SPSS, ArcGis, Excel, etc., an empirical analysis was
done on the integrated development of ecological environment and tourism industry in Hubei Province,
and the relationship between the two was explored. The purpose of this study is to reveal the coupling
development and dynamic trend between the tourism industry and the ecological environment, and to
provide insights for the realization of the coordinated sustainable development of the tourism industry
and the ecological and vibrational environment in Hubei Province, as well as in regions with the same
industrial characteristics. The results show that the coupling index of tourism industry and ecological
environment system in Hubei Province has developed steadily since 2012, and the coordination index
shows a general upward trend fluctuation. However, the coordination effect of various factors between
the tourism industry and the ecological environment system in Hubei Province is not obvious enough.
The coupling level between the tourism industry and the ecological environment is low. Based on
the analysis results, the contradictions existing in the coordinated development of the tourism industry
and the ecological environment in Hubei Province are analyzed, and countermeasures are proposed
to solve them, aiming to promote the high-quality and deep integration of the ecological environment and tourism industry in Hubei Province. More detailed interaction mechanisms and paths between
the tourism industry and the ecological environment protection will be further explored in the future.