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Explora: Environment
and Resource Tourism resources of Xinjiang

were considered to influence the tourism destinations, Investigation: All authors
were mostly natural environment variables. The other Methodology: Liping Li, Kun Yu, Qiang Chen, Yanhui
factors, for example, the insecurity in the Kashgar region in Zhang
some specific years and the following negative news reports Writing – original draft: Liping Li
that led to the decrease in tourist numbers, were not Writing – review and editing: Liping Li, Kun Yu, Qiang
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considered in the analysis. Finally, the three breakpoints Chen, Fangmiao Chen, Zhenglei Xie, Siyuan He
of the revenue were identified but the reason for the turn
was not thoroughly analyzed, for example, why the ratio of Ethics approval and consent to participate
domestic tourism revenue changed abruptly in 1998. Not applicable.

6. Conclusion Consent for publication
Xinjiang’s tourism destinations are primarily composed of Not applicable.
historical sites and natural landscapes, which are mostly
concentrated at altitudes below 1,500 m. Overall, these Availability of data
destinations display a high degree of tourist concentration,
with hotspots clustered in specific areas. Moreover, there is a The data used in this paper are from several databases and
close spatial coupling between these sites and rivers and roads, yearbooks. They are available free of charge on request for
and they are often located in regions with high heatwave index non-commercial purposes.
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