Culture and tourism are important means to implement the strategy of rural revitalization and play a significant role in promoting the high-quality development and common prosperity of rural areas of China. This study analyzed 933 Chinese publications and 71 English publications retrieved from the CNKI and Web of Science databases, and used the CiteSpace software to analyze the overall situation of the research and hotspots of rural revitalization research from the perspective of culture and tourism. The results show that the research on rural revitalization from the perspective of culture and tourism in China has significant policy-oriented characteristics, and the research intensity has increased year by year. Existing research has proposed hotspots, such as rural cultural and tourism resources and landscapes, rural cultural and tourism integration, rural cultural and tourism enrichment, rural industrial development and integration, rural ecotourism, and cultural and tourism rural governance, combining with the goal of implementing the rural revitalization strategy. Although the research content is relatively rich, there is a lack of further exploration. The research methods are mainly qualitative, and the percentage of quantitative research is low. The study areas are relatively dispersed, mainly concentrated in the southwestern area, at various scales including village, township, county, and province. Finally, this review combined the contents of existing literature and proposed that future research should be innovative in terms of theory, research content, research methods, and study areas, in order to promote the integrated development of rural culture and tourism, provide references for subsequent research, and comprehensively promote the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy.

Rural industrial revitalization is the key to rural revitalization. Based on the enterprise data, this study constructed an evaluation indicator system of rural industrial revitalization. Taking the first three batches key rural tourism villages in China as the research object, the level of rural industrial revitalization in China was measured and analyzed. The multiscale geographically weighted regression model (MGWR) was used to analyze the influencing factors and spatial differentiation of rural industrial revitalization, and the development mode and driving mechanism of rural industrial revitalization were summarized. The results show that: 1) From 2010 to 2019, the level of industrial revitalization of key rural tourism villages in China showed a fluctuating growth trend. Villages of high industrial revitalization level were concentrated in the surrounding areas of metropolitan regions and cities with rich tourism resources. 2) There were scale effects and spatial heterogeneity in the influencing factors of the industrial revitalization level of key rural tourism villages. Transportation, governance capacity, and infrastructure had a global impact, while geographical location and tourism economy had local effects. 3) Industrial revitalization of key rural tourism villages can be divided into resource-oriented type, location radiation type, and comprehensive management type. The industrial endogenous development mechanism, the location-led radiation driving mechanism, and the governance-led interest coordination mechanism are the main driving mechanisms for rural industrial revitalization. The research results can provide a reference for enriching the theory and promoting the practice of rural industrial revitalization.

Urban-rural integration is a key path in promoting common prosperity, and tourism development is a key link to solve the "three rural issues" and an important channel to realize the two-way flow of urban and rural elements. This study analyzed the theoretical basis and strategic practice of urban-rural integration and explored the synergistic evolution mechanism between tourism development and urban-rural integration with the goal of achieving common prosperity. The results show that: 1) The overall tourism development level and urban-rural integration level in the Western Hunan region showed small fluctuations from 2012 to 2020, with an overall declining trend. Tourism sustainability was greater than tourism development potential, followed by tourism sharing ability; and urban-rural development balance was higher than coordination, followed by inclusiveness. 2) The degree of synergy of tourism development and urban-rural integration in the Western Hunan region fluctuated greatly over time, and the synergistic relationship leaped from the preliminary synergy to the intermediate synergy stage. The two-way interactions strengthened, but due to the lag in synergy in some areas, the region as a whole has not been able to advance to the high synergy stage. 3) The spatial differences in the synergy values of tourism development and urban-rural integration are significant, and the overall differences originate from intra-regional differences. Among them, the synergy difference of Huaihua City decreases, and the synergy difference of Xiangxi Prefecture and Zhangjiajie City expands. 4) The degree of synergy of tourism development and urban-rural integration in the Western Hunan region was influenced by economic development, the degree of marketization, and the advanced industrial structure in decreasing order. There was spatial heterogeneity in the influence of the above three factors in the region.

In the context of improving livelihood and welfare, it is important to reveal the impact of tourism industry agglomeration on safeguard livelihood and welfare in the course of development. This study examined the mechanism of impact of tourism industry agglomeration on livelihood and welfare by measuring tourism industry agglomeration using location quotient, constructing a comprehensive evaluation indicator system of livelihood and welfare, and conducting an in-depth investigation into the effect of tourism industry agglomeration on livelihood welfare based on the data of 24 districts and counties in Western Hunan from 2006 to 2020 using panel regression models. The results show that: 1) The degree of tourism industry agglomeration slightly declined in the study period, showing a fluctuating development trend; the level of livelihood and welfare roughly presented a steady increasing trend, and only declined in 2020 due to the strong impact of the pandemic. 2) The spatial mismatch between tourism industry agglomeration and livelihood and welfare was significant, with the former more prominent in Yongding District, Wulingyuan District, and Fenghuang County, while the latter was higher in Hecheng District, Jishou City, Yongding District, Cili County, Yuanling County, and Xupu County. 3) The overall ranking of the obstacles in the various dimensions of livelihood and welfare was: social stability > cultural prosperity > economic affluence > government initiative > ecological civilization, while there were some differences among districts and counties. Particularly, the role of governmental action on livelihood and welfare was significant in Hecheng District. 4) In general, tourism industry agglomeration had a negative effect on livelihood and welfare, but there were regional and temporal heterogeneities. Regionally, tourism industry agglomeration in Huaihua City had a positive effect on livelihood and welfare enhancement. Temporally, the effect of tourism industry agglomeration on livelihood and welfare turned positive during 2016-2020. The Western Hunan region should promote the simultaneous growth of the scale, quality, and efficiency of the tourism industry, and continue to stimulate the positive effect of tourism industry agglomeration, so as to effectively enhance livelihood and welfare.