Guo, Eryan and Liang, Jian and Yuan, Yuanyuan and Xie, Peizheng and Hou, Heping and Yang, Xitian and Dong, Xiangyu (2025) Spatiotemporal Evolution and Driving Mechanisms of Forest Tourism in Henan, Central China. Forests, 16 (3). ISSN 1999-4907
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Forest tourism is a vital avenue for promoting green consumption and constitutes a significant part of ecotourism in China. Its development offers substantial economic, social, and ecological benefits. Balancing regional economic growth and ecological conservation requires analyzing its spatiotemporal evolutionary patterns and driving factors. This study established a comprehensive and dynamic index system to evaluate the forest tourism development level (FTDL) in 18 prefecture-level cities in Henan Province from 2018 to 2021. Exploratory spatial data analysis and the geographical detector model were employed to examine spatiotemporal evolution patterns and identify the underlying driving mechanisms. The key findings are as follows: (1) the temporal evolution of FTDL in Henan Province exhibited “stratified heterogeneity and small fluctuations”, while its spatial distribution followed a “high in the southwest and low in the east” pattern; (2) over time, the spatial autocorrelation of FTDL in Henan Province shifted from positive to negative, with a gradual decline in correlation strength; and (3) eight dominant drivers categorized into four groups were identified, revealing a shift in the driving forces of forest tourism in Henan Province from environmental to economic factors. This study supports the formulation of political strategies to harmonize ecological conservation and economic development.
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| Additional Information: | ** Article version: VoR ** From MDPI via Jisc Publications Router ** History: received 14-01-2025; rev-recd 28-02-2025; collection 01-03-2025; accepted 08-03-2025; epub 10-03-2025. ** Licence for VoR version of this article: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ** Peer reviewed: TRUE ** Acknowledgements: The authors wish to thank the anonymous reviewers who have helped to improve the paper. In addition, thanks are also extended to Keru Ge and Jianwu Wang, majoring in Tourism Management, Henan Agricultural University, for proofreading the manuscript. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | influencing factors, geographical detector, forest tourism, spatiotemporal evolution |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) S Agriculture > SD Forestry |
| Divisions: | Institutes and Academies > Wales Institute for Science & Art (WISA) > Academic Discipline: Architecture & Design |
| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
| Depositing User: | JISC Publications Router |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Apr 2025 15:12 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Apr 2025 15:12 |
| URI: | https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/3686 |
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