Study on the coupling and coordinated development of tourism economy and ecological environment in Guilin city

Abstract

Correctly figuring out and coordinating the relationship between tourism economy and eco-environment is a crucial issue to approach to regional environmental protection and high-quality tourism development. By introducing an index system, this paper proposes a comprehensive method to evaluate the coupling coordination between tourism economy and eco-environment. The index weight was determined by entropy weight method, and the coupling coordination degree model was established using panel data from 2009 to 2018 in Guilin city. The results present that the overall tourism economic index shows a continuous upward trend, while the eco-environment index had obvious fluctuations; the coupling coordination degree and level continues to grow and had improved from moderate imbalance to primary coordination, respectively. It is trustworthy that there is a bright coupling and coordinated development trend between the tourism economy and the eco-environment in Guilin. With the tourism economy development, an intensive development model dominated by environmental protection and resource conservation should be chosen to promote the coordinated and sustainable development of tourism and the environment.