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In order to further explore the important impact of inbound tourism on economic development, six cities such as X city are selected as the research objects. Based on the panel threshold regression model and relevant data, the dynamic nonlinear relationship between inbound tourism and the economic development of the tertiary industry is explored through mathematical empirical analysis. The specific research results are as follows. The inbound tourism of X city develops rapidly and is in the stage of accelerating development. Meanwhile, the development of inbound tourism in X city has a certain pulling effect on the development of related industries and the tertiary industry. Among them, the elasticity coefficients of inbound tourism in X city to transportation industry, accommodation and catering industry, wholesale and retail industry, finance and insurance industry, and real estate industry are 1.137, 1.104, 1.134, 1.105, and 1.062, respectively; the elasticity coefficient to the income of the tertiary industry is 0.436. Moreover, the analysis of the relationship between inbound tourism and the development of the tertiary industry in six cities shows that there is a dynamic nonlinear relationship between them, and the research results are in line with the expected hypothesis. The research results can provide scientific and effective reference for the follow-up study of inbound tourism and economics.

An increase in the number of tourist arrivals is regarded as an important indicator of the development of a tourist site. At Wulingyuan, a World Heritage site in Hunan Province in China, rapid growth in the tourist arrivals from Korea has resulted in the so called ‘Korean Wave’. This chapter identifies the causes and impacts of this rapid increase in the number of inbound tourists and provides a generic model to enhance our understanding of this tourism growth. Korean arrivals have come to dominate tourist arrivals at Wulingyuan. Why? How did it occur? By using empirical data from surveys of local tourist practitioners, this chapter concludes that the initial, pull, and operating forces were generated by the market, but subsequently push and essential forces were supplied by the public sector in order to stimulate tourism growth from Korea. Inbound tourism in China needs to be initiated by market demand, but requires government support subsequently. The combination of market and government mechanisms jointly provides a model for inbound tourism marketing in China and possibly elsewhere.