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Article

The Impact of Forest Land on the Accessibility of Rural Tourism Sites

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Party School of Communist Party of China, Zhangzhou Municipal Committee, Zhangzhou 363401, China
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School of Architecture and Urban-Rural Planning, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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Land 2025, 14(12), 2365; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14122365
Submission received: 28 October 2025 / Revised: 26 November 2025 / Accepted: 1 December 2025 / Published: 3 December 2025

Abstract

The accessibility of rural tourism attractions is a key factor affecting their tourism development potential. Although forest land is the primary land cover type, the mechanism by which forest land influences accessibility has not been fully elucidated. This study takes Yongchun County in Fujian China as an example to explore the spatial relationship between forest land and the accessibility of rural tourism attractions. Based on multi-source spatial data and using a GIS cost raster analysis method, the study incorporates the road network, transportation modes, and land cover characteristics. Specifically, forest land was assigned a resistance coefficient of 1.5 to quantitatively assess the spatial pattern of attraction accessibility. In addition, spatial autocorrelation analysis was applied to reveal the spatial correlation characteristics between forest land distribution and attraction accessibility. The results indicate that: (1) There is a significant spatial complementarity between forest land distribution and attraction accessibility, which needs to be considered when building tourism networks. (2) The spatial pattern of forest land directly affects the layout of regional transportation networks, so planning for regional transportation network layouts should prioritize the impact of forest land. (3) By altering surface cover characteristics, forest land increases regional traversal resistance, thereby further affecting the spatial distribution pattern of attraction accessibility. This study provides empirical evidence for understanding the spatial relationship between forest land and rural tourism attraction accessibility and offers valuable reference for optimizing rural spatial structure and promoting tourism development.
Keywords: accessibility; countryside; forest land; cultural landscape; attractions; Yongchun Country accessibility; countryside; forest land; cultural landscape; attractions; Yongchun Country

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Zhou, J.; Hong, X.-C. The Impact of Forest Land on the Accessibility of Rural Tourism Sites. Land 2025, 14, 2365. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14122365

AMA Style

Zhou J, Hong X-C. The Impact of Forest Land on the Accessibility of Rural Tourism Sites. Land. 2025; 14(12):2365. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14122365

Chicago/Turabian Style

Zhou, Jinhong, and Xin-Chen Hong. 2025. "The Impact of Forest Land on the Accessibility of Rural Tourism Sites" Land 14, no. 12: 2365. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14122365

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Zhou, J., & Hong, X.-C. (2025). The Impact of Forest Land on the Accessibility of Rural Tourism Sites. Land, 14(12), 2365. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14122365

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