Research on the Evaluation of Smart Tourism Competitiveness of the Capital Cities in the Six Provinces of Central China

Abstract

This article studies the smart tourism competitiveness of the capital cities of six provinces in central China. Based on the cross-sectional data of six cities in 2019, principal component analysis and cluster analysis are used to measure the smart tourism competitiveness of the capital cities of the six central provinces. The results show that: (1) Urban infrastructure construction, tourism economic development and technological support capabilities play a key role in the competitiveness of urban smart tourism; (2) According to the competitiveness of urban smart tourism, the six cities can be divided into three levels: Wuhan, a highly competitive city, Zhengzhou, Hefei and Changsha, a medium-competitive city, and Taiyuan and Nanchang, a less competitive city. Cities with different levels of competitiveness need to be constructed and improved according to their own conditions to further develop urban smart tourism.