National Park Tourism Impact Analysis in China 2009-2023

Aggregating results from a difference-in-differences analysis of national park establishment effects on nature-based tourism in China's Giant Panda National Park from 2009 to 2023. It was created by Yi Li to assess policy impacts on local fiscal expenditure and tourism industry expansion. The dataset is 5.5 KB in size and is available in XLS format.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional heterogeneity in tourism experience improvement by comparing effects in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu counties.
• Assess the relationship between policy intensity and nature-based tourism experience improvement using the defined policy intensity groups.
• Investigate the impact of national park establishment on local fiscal expenditure and tourism industry expansion using the difference-in-differences framework.
• Examine the co-occurring influences of olfactory, gustatory, and auditory perceptions on visual and tactile impressions from visitor expressions.

Strengths

• Data covers a 15-year time range from 2009 to 2023.
• Analysis employs a difference-in-differences methodology to assess causal policy impacts.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC BY 4.0 for reuse.

Limitations

• Dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope and likely a summary of results rather than raw data.
• Sample data and column structure are unavailable, limiting understanding of the data's granularity and variables.
• Focus is on a single case study site (Giant Panda National Park), limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Yi Li via figshare.

Collection Method

Difference-in-differences analysis of county-level data within a national park.

Time Range

2009 to 2023.

Freshness

Last updated on March 20, 2026.

Geography

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