Grey Correlational Analysis on Structure of Inbound Tourism Industry of Xinjiang Province

Utilizing gray correlation analysis method, this paper explored the relationship between the various departments and the tourism foreign exchange income of Xinjiang in the last 14 years, and obtained the following conclusions: During probationary period (2000-2013), all departments of inbound tourism industry of Xinjiang province have relevancy with the whole exchange income of foreign tourist and they are in order from large to small: Post and Telecommunications, accommodation, commodity sales, other services, catering, long-distance transportation, entertainment, local transportation, sightseeing. Based on this, it pointed out the direction and the focal point of the inbound tourism industrial structure adjustment in Xinjiang province in the future: The main direction of the adjustment of the inbound tourism industry in Xinjiang is to make the development of four sectors, the post and telecommunications, commodity sales, other services and catering, which have huge relevancy with the Xinjiang inbound tourism income with high demand elasticity.