Coupling coordination and spatiotemporal dynamic evolution between culture and tourism industry in Japan.

In order to adapt to the needs of tourism industry transformation and tourism product upgrades, it is increasingly urgent to deeply research the relationship between culture and tourism. This study examines the integrated development level of the cultural and tourism industry in the spatial and temporal dimensions based on the coupling coordination degree, using data on the industry in 46 prefectures in Japan from 2009 to 2019. It also uses spatial kernel density estimation and spatial cluster analysis methods to gain insight into the patterns of spatial association between the industry and its data.