CHARACTERISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL TOURISM COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF CHINESE CITIES AND THE INFLUENTIAL FACTOR ANALYSIS
运用区位商模型分析1997-2002年中国50个国际旅游收入靠前城市的国际旅游竞争优势趋势、临界点、散点图、空间结构，验证其建设国际旅游城市的资格，并讨论影响因素。
International tourism contributes a lot to our city economy and the third industry.From only making money by international tourism to International Tourism City construction,many cities' intention of developing international tourism has changed.International Tourism City has become one of the most important aims of tourism industry development.Applying Location Quotient model(LQ model),this paper analyzes the Competitive Advantage of International Tourism(CAIT,Competitive Advantage of International Tourism) of 50 Chinese cities of which International Tourism Receipts are front-ranked among Chinese cities.The author firstly focuses on trends of CAIT from 1997 to 2002 and then analyzes the critical point of LQ of International Tourism,the scatter plot maps,and the spatial structure of CAIT.Secondly,the paper verifies whether those cities that desire to develop International Tourism City are eligible.Lastly,through analysis of correlation coefficients,it discusses the factors that influence the CAIT of Chinese cities.