Study on tourism radiation scope in urbanization transition—Based on case of Shanghai

An evaluation index system on urban tourism radiation power that can reflect the level of the overall urban tourism economy growth, social development and ecological construction has been built based on respects like urban tourism revenue, scale of tourists, quantity of tourism resources, tourism employment and area of natural ecotourism sites. Analytic Hierarchy Process and Delphi Method are applied to weighting assignment on this index system. Urban tourism indicators data related to Shanghai and prefecture-level cities and provincial capitals chain around Shanghai is selected from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics and other correlative statistical reports and breakpoint model is introduced to measure radiation scope of tourism on Shanghai during urbanization transition. In accordance with the urbanization transition requirements, some policies are putt forward to improve tourism radiation power of Shanghai, enhance the communication among the radiation scope and accelerate the development of regional tourism.