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Convergence Evaluation of Sports and Tourism Industries in Urban Agglomeration of Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area and Its Spatial-Temporal Evolution

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  • Jun Yuan

    (Department of Leisure Tourism, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China)

  • Yaokai Zhou

    (Department of Leisure Tourism, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China)

  • Yanhong Liu

    (Department of Leisure Tourism, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China)

Abstract

The convergence of sports and tourism industries is a vital direction for the coordinated development of industries, and a vital means to build a quality life circle suitable for living, working and traveling in the urban agglomeration of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). By using the coupling coordination degree model and exploratory spatial data analysis and establishing an evaluating indicator system for the converged development of sports and tourism industries, this paper measures and analyzes the convergence development level, spatial-temporal evolution, and spatial correlation of the two industries in 11 cities of GBA from 2011 to 2020. The results showed that the synthetical development level of the two industries in urban agglomeration of GBA was steadily rising, with significant differences in regional development, showing the east coast of GBA > the north coast of GBA > the west coast of GBA. The growth trend of industrial convergence degree is obvious, but the overall coupling coordination degree is not high, basically in the late maladjustment stage and transition stage. The convergence of the two industries shows a positive aggregation distribution in space, and the degree of agglomeration is rising. Cities around the Pearl River Estuary mostly belong to the “high-high” spatial association type, with obvious spillover effect, and become a significant growth pole for the converged development of the two industries in GBA. Cities in the periphery of GBA and the west coast of GBA mostly belong to the “low-low” and “low-high” spatial association types. Finally, sustainable development strategies are put forward from four aspects: spatial layout coordination, industrial division coordination, exchange platform coordination, and regional policy coordination, so as to promote the highly converged and coordinated development of the sports and tourism industries in the urban agglomeration of GBA.

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  • Jun Yuan & Yaokai Zhou & Yanhong Liu, 2022. "Convergence Evaluation of Sports and Tourism Industries in Urban Agglomeration of Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area and Its Spatial-Temporal Evolution," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(16), pages 1-20, August.
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    1. Georgios Tsekouropoulos & Ourania Gkouna & Dimitrios Theocharis & Athanasios Gounas, 2022. "Innovative Sustainable Tourism Development and Entrepreneurship through Sports Events," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-14, April.
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