abstract: 'This paper examines the effect of the image of destinations on the wage

  income of resident households, and the corresponding income inequality,

  from a novel perspective. This work uses China''s excellent tourism city

  image program, which is an urban planning policy implemented by the

  central government across cities to enhance the image of the city

  destination in the minds of tourists, and then promote tourist

  motivation and local tourism development to assess the effect on

  household wage income and its distribution. Results show that the

  program significantly increases household wage income by increasing

  employment opportunities, promoting business and population

  agglomeration, and improving urban infrastructure. Additionally, the

  image of the city destination promotion causes an increase in income

  inequality among households.'
affiliation: 'Xu, S (Corresponding Author), Southern Med Univ, Sch Hlth Management,
  Guangzhou, Peoples R China.

  Xu, Sheng, Southern Med Univ, Sch Hlth Management, Guangzhou, Peoples R China.

  Zhang, Yunzhi; Yin, Jinghua, Jinan Univ, Coll Econ, Guangzhou, Peoples R China.

  Huang, Guan, Zhongnan Univ Econ \& Law, Wenlan Sch Business, Wuhan, Peoples R China.'
article-number: '859327'
author: Xu, Sheng and Zhang, Yunzhi and Yin, Jinghua and Huang, Guan
author-email: shenghsu@163.com
author_list:
- family: Xu
  given: Sheng
- family: Zhang
  given: Yunzhi
- family: Yin
  given: Jinghua
- family: Huang
  given: Guan
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.859327
files: []
issn: 1664-1078
journal: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
keywords: 'destination image; tourism development; tourist motivation; urban

  planning policy; household income; income distribution;

  difference-in-differences'
keywords-plus: INEQUALITY EVIDENCE; INFRASTRUCTURE
language: English
month: APR 21
number-of-cited-references: '50'
orcid-numbers: ZHANG, Yunzhi/0000-0002-5819-9871
papis_id: d807daf2f6bff4653da886ef6e0ba707
ref: Xu2022effectimage
times-cited: '1'
title: 'The Effect of the Image of Destinations on Household Income and Distribution:
  Evidence From China''s Tourist Cities'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000811084800001
usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
usage-count-since-2013: '23'
volume: '13'
web-of-science-categories: Psychology, Multidisciplinary
year: '2022'