Evaluation of Cultural Tourism Competitiveness Based on Catastrophe Progression Method

The goal of this research is to establish an evaluation system of the competitiveness in cultural tourism industry. Based on the Catastrophe Theory and Catastrophe Progression Method, this paper has established an evaluation system, which presents three main indicators to evaluate the cultural tourism competitiveness, including the contribution capability, the development capability and the supporting capability. An empirical analysis is conducted by collecting the information from 8 cities located in western Hubei eco-cultural tourism circle. From the experiment, the author analyzes the cultural tourism competitiveness in each of the 8 cities and puts forward suggestions to each city with the purpose of enhancing their cultural tourism competitiveness.