Research Article

Analysis and Prediction of the Coupling Coordination Relationship between Tourism and Air Environment: Yangtze River Economic Zone in China as Example

Table 1

Evaluation index system of the two subsystems.

SubsystemDimensionIndicatorInterpretation

TourismTourism scale (T1)Number of domestic tourists (x1,+)1Reflects the scale of domestic tourism
Number of international tourists (x2,+)Reflects the scale of inbound tourism
Number of hotels (x3,+)Reflects the scale of accommodation
Number of travel agencies (x4,+)Reflects the scale of tourism services
Number of employees of tourism industry (x5,+)Reflects the scale of people engaging in tourism services
Tourism performance (T2)Earnings from domestic tourists (x6,+)Reflects the financial performance from domestic tourism
Earnings from international tourists (x7,+)Reflects the financial performance from inbound tourism

Air environmentAir environment pressure (E1)Emissions of sulphur dioxide (y1,−)Reflects the pollution pressure from sulphur dioxide
Emissions of nitrogen oxides (y2,−)Reflects the pollution pressure from nitrogen oxides
Emissions of smoke and dust (y3,−)Reflects the pollution pressure from smoke and dust
Air environment state (E2)Average concentrations of SO2 (y4,−)Reflects the current status of SO2
Average concentrations of NO2 (y5,−)Reflects the current status of NO2
Average concentrations of PM10 (y6,−)Reflects the current status of PM10
Days of good air quality (y7,+)Reflects the overall status of air environment
Air environment response (E3)Capability of industrial waste gas treatment facilities (y8,+)Reflects the treatment degree of industrial waste gas
Investment in atmospheric treatment (y9,+)Reflects the investment of air environmental pollution control

Note: “+” means the indicator is positive; “−” means the indicator is negative.