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THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE COMPETITIVENESS STRATEGY OF COASTAL SPORTS TOURISM INDUSTRY IN ZHUHAI CHINA

SUIQING CHEN 1, SUPITR SAMAHITO 2.

Vol 19, No 02 ( 2024 )   |  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10754221   |   Author Affiliation: 1,2 Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand. Email: 1 s63484950018@ssru.ac.th, 2 supitr.sa@ssru.ac.th   |   Licensing: CC 4.0   |   Pg no: 1270-1278   |   Published on: 29-02-2024

Abstract

Coastal sports tourism is an emerging fashion field in the development of sports tourism industry. It is not only

an important content of coastal tourism, but also an important branch of sports tourism. In 2013, coastal tourism

accounted for more than 51% of China's total tourism revenue (Jiang, 2020, P2), and coastal leisure tourism has

gradually become the most popular way of tourism. The research results will serve as one of the scientific

theoretical and practical bases for the direct service of Zhuhai coastal sports tourism development strategy, which

will contribute to the economic and social development of China, especially Zhuhai City, and also provide a basis

for the implementation of the policies formulated by China's sports tourism management institutions. In addition,

through the analysis and research of the coastal sports tourism industry, it is of great practical significance for the

sports tourism enterprises to further realize their own competitive advantages and disadvantages, formulate

practical development strategies, enhance the competitiveness of the enterprises, and promote the sustainable and

rapid development of the enterprises. The research method of this paper is established based on the research

questions and research objectives of the research object. Firstly, the advantages, disadvantages, opportunities and

challenges of the development of coastal sports tourism in Zhuhai City are studied by using the SWOT analysis

method, and then the impact is determined by the expert scoring method and the Delphi interview method. The

factors for the development of coastal sports tourism in Zhuhai City, and then use the ANP-topsis analysis method

to determine the priority and weight of the influencing factors. In the development strategy of coastal sports

tourism in Zhuhai City, the independent variables usually include: production factors, demand conditions, and

enterprise competition, related industries, and government behavior are the influencing factors of the five

latitudes. The weights of these independent variables are determined by the ANP analysis method, and then input

into the TOPSIS analysis method as the dependent variable for analysis, and finally the preferred projects and

strategies are determined. At the same time, in the ANP-TOPSIS analysis method, it is also necessary to determine

the hierarchical structure and mutual influence relationship between the variables in order to obtain more accurate

results. The dependent variable Y=willingness to participate in Zhuhai coastal sports tourism, the independent

variable X=influencing factors of Zhuhai coastal sports tourism, a=priority index of Zhuhai coastal sports tourism

impression factors, b=other characteristics of tourism participants.


Keywords

Coastal Sports Tourism Industry, Competitiveness Strategy, Zhuhai.