Abstract This article tries to discuss spatial distribution and differences of high-star hotels at the interprovincial region level in China and to find out influential factors as well in order to provide theoretical basis for high-star hotels’ development in China and especially for decisions on spatial layout. This research analyzes the interprovincial differences and centrality of high-star hotels distribution in China by the method of mean ratio, cumulative proportion and cluster analysis. Moreover, it also further analyzes the correlative and structural relationship between the number of high-star hotels in China and its influential factors with the method of correlation analysis and multiple linear regression. The results show that, the interprovincial distribution of high-star hotels in China is very unbalanced and is highly centralized, the provinces whose high-star hotels are developed concentrated in the eastern developed areas. It finds out that the level of economic development has the greatest impact on interprovincial distribution of high-star hotels, which is followed by the number of inbound tourists. With the analysis of indirect influential factors, the foreign trade has the greatest impact on the amount of high-star hotels, which is followed by the tourism product. In addition, it also shows that the level of economic development plays an important role in high-star hotels’ development by influencing the number of inbound tourists, tourism products, foreign trade and traffic condition, the effect of the number of inbound tourists to the distribution of high-star hotels is reflected by the tourism products and foreign trade.
XU Dan,LIU Yan-Gong,MO Xu-Cai. The Interprovincial Differences and Influencing Factors of High-star Hotels Distribution in China. Economic Survey, 2016, 33(3): 019.
2016, Vol. 33 
