Study on Development of Cultural Tourism Industrial Clusters in Hubei Province

Industrial cluster is a tightly connected spatial agglomeration body composed of a series of enterprises in varied scales and levels, multiple institutions and organizations related to their development, and other behavioral agents of a specific industry who gather in certain region and share out the work and cooperate with one another through their crisscrossed network, representing a new form of spatial economic organization standing between the market and hierarchy. It is not only the product of history and the division of labor, but also the general law in the industrialization and city planning process. Industrial cluster has been increasingly important in promoting competitive advantage of industries. Currently, industrial cluster has become a new strategy for industrial development in many countries and regions worldwide. The cultural tourism industry in Hubei Province has developed rapidly in recently years, but due to the particularity of tourism industry, the competitiveness of cultural tourism industrial cluster is affected by many factors. Based on effect and significance analysis of clusters development in Hubei cultural tourism industry, this paper puts forward ideas and countermeasures on the development of the cultural tourism industry in Hubei Province by setting up the objectives, positioning the pattern of development, and giving priority to the development of cultural tourism industrial clusters in the harmony of natural landscape and cultural tourism, integration of tourism industry and cultural industry, optimization of industrial structure, and match of different elements.