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Guanhong LI
Department Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Department of Global Tourism, Faculty of Global Engagement Position Associate Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2026/03 |
| Type | Academic Paper |
| Title | Simulating the Emergence of Tourism Clusters: Integrating the TALC Model with Small-World Network Topologies in an Agent-Based Framework |
| Contribution Type | Multiple author(s) |
| Journal | Proceedings of the 5th Conference of the Society for Computational Social Science of Japan (CSSJ2026) |
| Journal Type | Japan |
| Volume, Issue, Page | pp.P3-30-1-P3-30-4 |
| Total page number | 4 |
| Author and coauthor | ◎Guanhong Li and Xiaoyun Guo |
| Details | The formation of tourism clusters is rarely a linear process of isolated growth. Instead, it behaves as a Complex Adaptive System (CAS) characterized by the dynamic interplay between tourism resources. Traditional models, such as Butler’s Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC), effectively describe the evolution of singular destinations but fail to account for the spatial connectivity and structural synergy between multiple sites. This study bridges this theoretical gap by proposing a novel Agent-Based Model that integrates the TALC model within a Watts-Strogatz Small-World network topology. |