THE ANALYSIS ON THE TOURISM SCALE IN THE WESTERN REGION OF CHINA
利用基尼系数、变异系数等指标，分析了1997-2008年中国西部12省入境和国内旅游规模的不均衡分布规律，发现四川、云南、广西发展势头最好，内蒙古崛起，陕西地位下降。
Based on the relevant indexes of the regional diversity in the size that included Gini Coefficient,coefficient of variation,Herfindahi Index and the theory of primate province distribution in urban geography,the paper makes an analysis of tourism size diversity and regularities of distribution about inbound and domestic tourism in 12 provinces of the western region from 1997 to 2008.What the results show as following: ①Tourism development level is not balanced,and unbalanced structure is relatively stable in 12 provinces of the western region since 1997;②The primate province distribution of inbound tourism scale is non-significant,Yunnan and Guangxi are the primate province in turn since 1997,while the domestic tourist scale follows primate province distribution,Sichuan province is the primate province since 1997,the primate quotiety is between 1.346 to 2.147;③ Sichuan and Yunnan provinces,Guangxi zhuang autonomous region are the best provinces of tourism development momentum in the western region,Inner Mongolia autonomous region has been a rising star,but the position of Shaanxi province in tourism strong province is declining.In addition,the tourism position of Chongqing Municipality is out of proportion to its city status.Finally,the author puts forward three revelations which have directive significance to formulate the development strategy correspondingGreat Western Tourism Circle.