Analysis of the Impact of Rural Human Environment Improvement On Rural Economic Development: Based On the Mediating Effect of Rural Tourism

Abstract

Improving the rural human environment is essential in the rural revitalization strategy and is significant to rural economic development. The improvement of infrastructure can lead to the development of the local tourism industry, and tourism can also promote the economic level. Therefore, this paper analyzes the influence mechanism of the rural human environment and rural tourism on rural economic development through field research and a questionnaire survey of 205 villagers in Luquan County, Yunnan Province, using SPSS software. The results show that (1) The improvement of the rural human environment is positively related to the development of the rural economy. (2) Rural tourism is positively related to the development of the rural economy. (3) Rural tourism plays an intermediary role between the improvement of rural human environments and the level of rural economic development.