Comparative study on the spatial differentiation characteristics and distribution patterns of five-star tourist hotels and five diamond hotels in China and the United States

Understanding the relationship between the spatial differentiation characteristics and distribution patterns of five-star tourist hotels and five diamond hotels is of great significance for China and the United States. Design/methodology/approach: Based on the nearest neighbour index, geographic concentration index, and kernel density formula, the article comprehensively uses methods such as Kriging interpolation to analyse the spatial differentiation characteristics of five-star tourist hotels in China and five diamond hotels in the United States. According to the formula for calculating the nearest neighbor index, both exhibit a significant cluster distribution pattern. From the perspective of geographical concentration index, both are unevenly distributed at the regional level. From the application law of the kernel density formula, Chinese five-star hotels exhibit a significant spatial distribution difference pattern along the eastern coast, while American Five Diamond hotels also exhibit a significant spatial distribution difference pattern along the eastern and western sea regions. According to the Kriging interpolation function, the spatial distribution pattern of five-star hotels in China is mainly located near the sea in the east and south, while the spatial distribution pattern of five diamond hotels in the United States is mainly located near the sea in the east and west of the United States. Additionally, as the first factor of tourism reception capacity, together with domestic tourism income, international tourism income, reception of domestic tourists, and reception of inbound tourists, affects their spatial distribution. These providenecessary reference and strong practical significance for the study of the spatial.