Evolution and influential factors of inbound tourist flow network in China: a two-mode network perspective

• Published in: Current issues in tourism Vol. 28; no. 15; pp. 2500 - 2518
• Main Authors: Shao, Yuhong, Liu, Yiqi, Zhao, Qingxue, Li, Zhuoli, Li, Zhiyong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 03.08.2025
• Subjects: Inbound tourism; network analysis; quadratic assignment procedure (QAP) method; singular value decomposition (SVD) algorithm; tourist flow; two-mode network

Different from existing studies focusing on tourist flow networks at the destination level, this study adopts a two-mode network analysis to identify the network structure, market groupings, and evolution of inbound tourist flows from 13 major origin countries to 31 destination provinces (municipali...