Research on development conditions and regional evaluation of low-altitude tourism in China

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Using 336 Chinese cities as empirical subjects, it constructs an evaluation index system for regional low-altitude tourism development conditions across four dimensions: natural climate, socioeconomic factors, tourism resources, and infrastructure. It employs a combination of coefficient of variation analysis, principal component analysis, and cluster analysis to conduct hierarchical comparative assessments of the conditions within the four subsystems and the overall conditions for low-altitude tourism development across different regions. Finally, based on the identified weak areas in subsystem conditions and the graded regions derived from the comprehensive evaluation across Chinese cities, strategic recommendations are formulated for developing low-altitude tourism plans in each region. This aims to provide theoretical foundations and practical guidance for promoting the sustainable development of China's low-altitude tourism industry. Low-altitude tourism Development conditions Regional evaluation China Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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