Abstract:

Using agglomeration and cluster theory, the authors analyze the content of tourism industry agglomeration and industry cluster, the differences and links between agglomeration and cluster, the impact factors on the agglomeration and clustering development of the tourism industry, and the influences of tourism industry agglomeration and clustering development on reginal economy. Based on the data about business enterprises and income of star hotels, travel agencies and other tourism practitioners, the article selects three indexes-industry concentration, the Gini coefficient and the Herfindahl coefficient, and analyzes the issue of space agglomeration of Chinese tourism industry. At last, with combining cases, the existing problems of Chinese tourism industry cluster are pointed out, and some countermeasures are also put forward.

Key words: tourism industry, space agglomeration, tourism industry cluster