世界文化遗产对我国旅游业的影响效应

利用2001-2010年19个主要的入境旅游来源国的面板数据,本文在一个引力模型的基础上引入世界文化遗产变量,以此来验证世界文化遗产对我国旅游业的影响效应。实证结果表明:世界文化遗产数量的增加对我国的旅游业产生了显著的负向影响;自然遗产和文化遗产两种不同属性的遗产类型对外国游客的影响效果存在差异;3A-5A级旅游景点数量规模的扩大对国外入境旅游人数具有显著的促进作用。今后应重点以具备历史文化遗产属性的遗产地作为"申遗"对象,以此才能更好地促进我国旅游业的发展。

Influence of World Cultural Heritage on China' s Tourism

Using nineteen main origin countries for inbound tourism panel data from 2001 to 2010,this paper introduces World Cultural Heritage variable based on gravity equation and uses the equation to test on the impact of World Cultural Heritage on China’s tourism.The empirical results indict: the increase in the number of World Cultural Heritage has generated significant negative effect on China’s tourism industry.Another conclusion is that the effect of natural heritage and cultural heritage is different in attracting foreign tourists,but the number of tourism attractions of 3A-5A grade has positive impact on the number of inbound tourists.In order to promote the development of China’s tourism,we should pay more efforts to bid for the World Heritage List,especially for those historical and cultural heritage.