scholarly journals Modeling and Empirical Analysis of Regional Tourism Competitiveness Based on Niche Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yingjuan Yang ◽  
Yanxia Wu ◽  
Haiqing Hu
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Niche Overlap ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Urban Tourism ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Niche Theory ◽  
Regional Tourism ◽  
Tourism Resources

The fierce competition in tourism has brought a string of problems, such as the homogeneous development of regional tourism resources and the escalation of regional competition. One key issue in urban tourism today is how to identify competitors, recognize own advantageous resources, and clarify the direction of development. This paper evaluates the competitiveness of regional tourism in three steps: setting up an evaluation system, calculating niche and niche overlap, and conducting synthesis and cluster analysis. Firstly, a comprehensive evaluation system of urban tourism niche was established, which includes such four dimensions as tourism resources, tourism market, social economy, and eco-environment, and the weight of each index was calculated by entropy method. Next, regional niche and niche overlap were computed by niche theory. Taking the mean of niche overlap and that of composite niche as the references, the authors drew an overall distribution map of regional tourism niche. After that, a cluster analysis was carried out with the four-dimensional niche and composite niche of regional tourism. Finally, an empirical analysis was performed on the tourism competitiveness in ten prefectures of Shaanxi Province, using the data in 2010–2018. The results show that the prefectures differed greatly in tourism development and competed fiercely against each other.

scholarly journals Spatial-Temporal Pattern and Its Influencing Factors on Urban Tourism Competitiveness in City Agglomerations Across the Guanzhong Plain

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 6743
Author(s):  
Jia Wan ◽  
Junping Yan ◽  
Xiaomeng Wang ◽  
Ziqiang Liu ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Temporal Pattern ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Urban Tourism ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Single Factor ◽  
Tourism Resources ◽  
High Level ◽  
Environment Condition

Strengthening research on urban tourism competitiveness is vital in evaluating the current situation and potential of urban tourism, maintaining the sustainable development of the tourism economy and assisting in the regional macro decision making. In this study, an index system evaluation of urban tourism competitiveness in city agglomerations across the Guanzhong Plain is established by collecting cross-section data from the years 2017 and 2010. The entropy value method is adopted to determine the index weight. Cluster analysis is performed and the spatial-temporal pattern and evolution laws of urban tourism competitiveness among city agglomerations in the Guanzhong Plain are analyzed and the geographic detector utilized to discuss the influencing factors. Results show that the spatial gradient difference of urban tourism competitiveness of agglomerations in the Guanzhong Plain is significant. In 2010, it presented the characteristic of ‘the high and middle levels having a zonal distribution from east to west, and the low level was distributed along the north and south wings’. In 2017, the characteristic of ‘polarization’ became highly prominent, that is, the scope of high-level and low-level cities expanded and the scope of medium-level cities decreased. Urban tourism competitiveness in city agglomerations across the Guanzhong Plain exhibited a trend of ‘strengthening in the east, weakening in the west’. The competitiveness of resources and management shifted aggressively and supporting factors competitiveness underwent a slight change. The urban tourism competitiveness of city agglomerations in the Guanzhong Plain is generally low, while the urban tourism competitiveness of Xi’an had an absolute advantage in city agglomerations of the Guanzhong Plain. According to the cluster analysis results, resources and management competitiveness, supporting factors competitiveness, demand conditions competitiveness, situational conditions competitiveness and urban tourism competitiveness of Xi’an in 2010 and 2017 were all at an extremely high level, which was relatively higher than the index values of other cities in the city agglomerations of the Guanzhong Plain. Tourism resources, service support capacity, infrastructure support capacity, tourism income scale, tourism reception scale and economic development power are the core influencing factors of urban tourism competitiveness among city agglomerations in the Guanzhong Plain. The single factor explanatory power of destination management indicates a downward trend while the single factor explanatory power of the ecological environment condition shows an upward trend. Tourism resources are the leading interactive factor of urban tourism competitiveness, and destination management and ecological environment condition are the most significant indicators for the collaborative effect.

Is Over the Top Video Platform the Game Changer over Traditional TV Channels in India? A Niche Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1326365X2110096
Author(s):  
Hashim Hamza Puthiyakath ◽  
Manash Pratim Goswami
Keyword(s):  
Video Streaming ◽  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Niche Overlap ◽  
Niche Theory ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Degree Of Satisfaction ◽  
Over The Top ◽  
Game Changer

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 and the consequent national lockdown, the usage of over the top (OTT) platforms has significantly increased in India. The growing popularity of video streaming has made a substantial impact on the traditional TV channels during pandemic times. The purpose of this study is to examine the competition, coexistence and competitive superiority of OTT and TV in providing consumer satisfaction. The study adopted the niche theory to empirically measure the degree of gratification fulfilled by OTT and TV, the similarity between OTT and TV and the competitive superiority of OTT and TV across seven micro-dimensions of gratification. The data for the study has been gathered from 223 online users across India. The results of the study reflect that OTT provides a higher degree of satisfaction across all seven dimensions of gratification with the greatest difference manifested in the convenience dimension. The niche overlap measures indicated that the highest level of similarity between TV and OTT is in providing gratification in the relaxation dimension, whereas the least similarity was observed in the convenience dimensions. The competitive superiority of OTT surpassed TV in all dimensions with the greatest difference manifested in relaxation.

Application of Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Based on Entropy Method in the General Layout and Transportation Design Optimization

2011 ◽  
Vol 94-96 ◽  
pp. 210-213
Author(s):  
Qiu Ping Wang ◽  
Yan Hua Yu
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Information Entropy ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Evaluation Index ◽  
Fuzzy Mathematics ◽  
Objective Method ◽  
Fuzzy Weight

Based on the design of general layout and transportation optimization of a variety of factors, established a program evaluation system, the theory of fuzzy mathematics general layout and transportation design a comprehensive evaluation. For the fuzzy weight of each factor to determine the application of an objective method of empowerment from the perspective of information entropy to determine the factors enabling the weight of each evaluation index, fuzzy comprehensive evaluation of the results obtained. To detail with an example.

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