Abstract:
The spatial field theory was introduced, panel data was analyzed by SPSS and vector data was gotten by ArcGIS. Further, the dynamic evolution process of spatial field effect on concentration and diffusion of inbound tourism flows was paid special attention to. Based on dividing the nine typical districts of Chinese inbound tourism, the eastern part of the Silk Road district as an empirical case was researched, which has special field intensity and spatial field regional structure. By comparing spatial field data of three periods, that is, 1993 to 1997, 1998 to 2002 and 2004 to 2008, several conclusions are obtained as following. First of all, the Surrounded Bohai Sea district, the Yangtze River Delta district and the Pearl River Delta district are three key districts which have strong interaction with the eastern part of the Silk Road district in concentration and diffusion of inbound tourism flows. Secondly, the Central China district, the Fertile Western China district and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau district have moderate interaction with the eastern part of the Silk Road district. In addition, the west coast of the Taiwan Strait district and the Northeast China district show weak interaction with the eastern part of the Silk Road district. Therefore, it is outstanding for the diversity and hierarchy of concentration and diffusion spatial field of inbound tourism flows of the eastern part of the Silk Road district. Besides, it has been formed that the gradient network structure of bidirectional interaction among the eastern part of the Silk Road district and the other typical districts; however, it remained to be improved.
