city name in Chinese
a dummy variable on high-speed rail connection
domestic tourism revenue in 10,000 RMB yuan
tourist arrivals in 10,000 persons
city name in codes
ln(GDP per capita)
Ln(population density)
Ln(public expenditure per capita)
Ln(FDI per capita)
Ln(tourism revenue)
Ln(tourist arrivals)
Ln(average salary of workers)
Ln(no of 5As tourist attractions)
eastern region dummy variable
central region dummy variable
western region dummy variable
dummy of provincial capital
a dummy of having airport
Accumulated cpi, 1999=1
a time invarying dummy, 1, having world heritage, 0, no having
a time varying variable, the number of world heritages
a time varying variable, the number of world cultural heritages
a time varying variable, the number of world natural heritages
the number of starred hotels, abnormal values adjusted
foreign tourism incomes in 10,000 US$
Total number of WH sites
No of newly inscribed WHs
Ln(1+foreign tourism revenue)
Average no of criteria that WHs in each city meet
Ln(1+the number of star hotels)