Difference-in-Differences Analysis of Giant Panda National Park Tourism

Aggregating the results of a difference-in-differences (DID) estimation analyzing the impact of national park establishment on counties within China's Giant Panda National Park from 2009 to 2023. The study framework measures supply, support, and demand for nature-based tourism, finding regional heterogeneity in policy effects. The data is stored in an XLS file sized at 5.5 KB.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional heterogeneity in policy effects by comparing results for Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu counties.
• Assess the relationship between policy intensity levels (high vs. low) and changes in nature-based tourism experiences.
• Examine the impact of national park establishment on local fiscal expenditure and tourism industry expansion metrics.
• Investigate the co-occurring influences of olfactory, gustatory, and auditory perceptions on visual and tactile impression data.

Strengths

• Data covers a 15-year time range from 2009 to 2023.
• Applies a supply-support-demand analytical framework to nature-based tourism.
• Focuses on one of China's earliest national parks as a case study.
• Released under a permissive CC BY 4.0 license.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope and likely aggregated results rather than raw data.
• Specific column names, row counts, and sample data are unavailable, limiting understanding of the data structure.
• The analysis is specific to a single national park system, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Yi Li.

Collection Method

Difference-in-differences estimation based on a developed analytical framework.

Time Range

2009 to 2023.

Freshness

Last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Counties within China's Giant Panda National Park, with specific analysis of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu regions.