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SHAO Xiuying, LIU Yaling, LI Zhaoyang, ZHAI Zehua
Tourism is an effective way to protect the heritage of traditional villages and rejuvenate the countryside. However, due to the different endowments and environment of traditional village heritage, not all traditional villages have the conditions to develop tourism, the tourism response of traditional villages in different regions is different. This study took the 550 Chinese traditional villages in Shanxi Province as the research objects, the entropy TOPSIS method was used to calculate the tourism response score of traditional villages and ArcGIS with geographic detectors was also used. This study analyzed the spatial characteristics and influencing factors of the tourism response of traditional villages in Shanxi Province. The results show that: (1) The overall performance of the spatial distribution characteristics of the tourism response of traditional villages in Shanxi Province is as follows: The east is higher than the west, and the middle and southeast are higher than the north. (2) At the county level, there are obvious differences in tourism response, and the counties with medium tourism response account for about 80%; At the city level, Jincheng City and Jinzhong City, which have the largest number of traditional villages, and Taiyuan City, which has the least number of traditional villages, uneven tourism response between cities. At the regional level, the tourism responsiveness of the Taihang, Great Wall, and Yellow River plates shows successively descending spatial differentiation characteristics.. In Fenhe River Basin, traditional villages' tourism response of middle reaches is greater than that of downstream, and the one of downstream is greater than that of upper reaches. (3) The dominant influencing factors of the tourism response of traditional villages with different scales in Shanxi Province are different. The concentration of traditional villages, the level of tourism development, and the superiority of regional scenic spots have significant impacts on county responsiveness. For cities, tourism development level and reception capacity are more indicative than traditional village concentration degree. From the perspective of the influence of regional tourism response, in addition to the concentration of traditional villages, the historical value of traditional villages and the combination of regional rural tourism have a significant impact on the tourism response of the three plates. Regional tourism development environment has a significant effect on the response of river basin tourism. (4) Synthesize the impact factors at different levels to shows that the tourism response of traditional villages is generally sensitive to the resource endowment of traditional villages, regional resource combination, and regional tourism development environment, the regional economic development environment has less impact. The influence of concentration of traditional villages on tourism responsiveness has universal significance. The research results can provide insights for tourism activation and utilization of traditional villages and focal rural tourism areas and the optimization of spatial layout.