ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Research on the Synergistic Effects
of Tourism from a Symbiotic Perspective
– Jiangsu Province as an Example
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School of Business, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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School of Tourism and Cuisine, Yangzhou Univerisity, Yangzhou, 225009, China
Submission date: 2024-02-05
Final revision date: 2024-03-14
Acceptance date: 2024-04-27
Online publication date: 2024-09-03
Corresponding author
Meijuan Hu
School of Tourism and Cuisine, Yangzhou Univerisity, Huayang West Street, 225127, Yangzhou, China
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ABSTRACT
The synergistic development among the tourism industry (TI), economic development (ED),
and ecological environment (EE) is of significant importance for regional high-quality and sustainable
development. Based on a symbiotic perspective, this study systematically considers the interactive
relationship between the TI, ED, and EE, constructs an evaluation index system for the synergistic
development of three systems, analyzes the interactive relationship and coupling coordination
effects among the above three, and diagnoses the obstacles restricting the coordinated development
of the systems. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) There is an interaction relationship between
the three systems, and the interaction between TI and ED is significant in the short term; in the long
term, the correlation and promotion between the tourism industry-economic development-ecological
environment are increasing. (2) The degree of coupling and coordination of the three systems in
Jiangsu Province from 2000 to 2020 continued to rise and showed a fluctuating pattern of rising and
then falling in 2012-2013 and 2019-2020; (3) The degree of synergy between the three systems showed
significant regional differences, basically presenting a spatial pattern of decreasing from the southern
Jiangsu to the northern Jiangsu, and the polarization effect of the southern Jiangsu continues to increase;
(4) The barrier degrees of TI system indicators show a clear upward trend, while the barrier degrees of
EE system and ED system indicators show a smooth or even gradually decreasing trend.