RESEARCH ON SPATIAL DIFFERENCE OF CHINA TOURISM INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE LAST 30 YEARS
以31个省份为单元，分析1991、1999、2007年旅游业发展水平，发现东部沿海发达、西南落后，差距扩大。
In this paper,taking China's 31 provinces and autonomous regions as research unit,the year of 1991,1999 and 2007 as research time and China Tourism Statistical Yearbook and China Statistical Yearbook as the data source,spatial difference of tourism industry in China in the last 30 years after reform and opening up is analyzed with the use of SPSS and ArcGIS software.The conclusion is: In these 30 years,China's 31 provinces and autonomous regions can be divided into well-developed areas,the more developed areas,less developed areas and underdeveloped areas according to the degree of tourism industry development.Although the whole tourism industry in China has made great progress,spatial difference is significant with the widening trend.The well-developed areas concentrated mainly in eastern coastal areas,the more developed areas concentrated in northern-east coastal areas and south-central areas,less developed areas concentrated in north areas and underdeveloped areas concentrated in southern-west areas.Of those,Guangdong Province and Beijing always belong to well-developed areas with the fastest-growing tourism industry,while Qinghai Province and Tibet Autonomous Region has been underdeveloped areas with the slowest tourism industry development.