The Influence of Tourism’s Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity on the Urban–Rural Relationship: A Case Study of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Urban Agglomeration, China

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The article suggests a current and attractive topic for the academy. The effort made is evident, but it requires profound adjustments, I hope you find the following observations helpful:

1.      please list each source of figure and table

2.      In Figure 2, you should add the meaning of NU and RR as a legend

3.      Please explain why did you accept the indicators in Figure 2 (economics, demography, industries, tourism economic scale, control variables, etc.) by using references

4.      what do 4A and 5A mean in line 389, please give a brief explanation by using references as well

5.      Can you add data or references that increase the reader's confidence that In Beijing, the impact of F1 was minimal due to the complex business activities instead of the concentration of the most famous tourist spots within urban areas? Which might-as you said- undermine the positive effects of tourism, thus weakening F1's influence (lines 378-379).

6.      I feel uncomfortable reading the figures explaining F1 to F8 because I have to scroll up and down to remember the indicators in each F symbol. Can you add a word in brackets for each F1 to F8 symbol?

I’m excited about the potential of your paper and think additional data work may help you define your contribution to the literature. I wish you all the best as you continue your work.

 

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

In 21 Century any paper which deals with urban-rural relations can move forward chronic problems in the countryside development and strengthening ties in the agglomeration. These paper is an example of quantification based study of large territorial level scale with one of the biggest agglomeration in the world and because of that it can be regarded as a good example. Every chapter is generally good structured and connected. Methodologies used includes various data, and from my point of view, some of that are not needed. Results can be used as guide for planning institutions in China. In the Study area chapter, some basic data is missing and, with some technical errors, that's all I found in this paper for authors to correct. Please, for suggestions, check the attached revised paper.

 

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