Table 2 Clustering and development strategies of traditional villages.

From: Assessing the location potential for tourism development of traditional villages in Sichuan province, China

Types

Advantage indicators

Disadvantage indicators

Improvement

Development orientation

I

Air Temperature, Traffic Accessibility, Per capita GRP, Urbanization Rate, Tourism Network Centrality, Distance to NTCD, Bashu Corridor, ITT Demonstration Zone

Precipitation, Total AOD, Distance to Civil Airport

Improve air quality and build new civil airports.

Tourist-oriented

II

Natural Landscape, Precipitation, Total AOD, Tertiary Industry, Zang-Qiang-Yi Corridor, ITT Demonstration Zone

Waterbody, Air Temperature, Slope, Terrain Relief, Elevation, Distance to Hub City, Traffic Accessibility, Railway Station, Population Density, Urbanization Rate, Fiscal Expenditure, Students, Road Density, Tourism Network Centrality, Bashu Corridor

Improve highway and railway transportation facilities, accelerate economic development, create high-level tourist attractions, and increase policy support.

Resource-oriented

III

Precipitation, NDVI, Railway Station, Fiscal Expenditure, ITT Demonstration Zone

Total AOD, Distance to NTCD, Zang-Qiang-Yi Corridor

Improve air quality, create high-level tourist attractions and strive for policy support.

Ecological

IV

Waterbody, Slope, Elevation, Distance to Hub City, Traffic Accessibility, Population Density, Fiscal Expenditure, Road Density, Bashu Corridor, Railway Station, Students

Natural Landscape, Air Temperature, Total AOD, NDVI

Strengthen the protection of natural landscapes, improve air quality and increase vegetation coverage.

Transportation-oriented