# Do new quality productivity forces contribute to wellness tourism resilience? Empirical evidence from China

## TL;DR

This study explores how new quality productivity forces impact the resilience of wellness tourism in China using spatial and statistical analysis.

## Contribution

The study introduces a novel theoretical framework combining NQPF with wellness tourism and identifies a dual-threshold effect of human capital agglomeration.

## Key findings

- NQPF significantly enhances wellness tourism resilience through industrial structure upgrading.
- Human capital agglomeration shows a dual-threshold effect on NQPF's impact.
- The study provides policy insights for health tourism development in China.

## Abstract

Building upon the theoretical foundation of New Quality Productivity Forces (NQPF) and its integration with industrial applications, this study takes wellness tourism as the research carrier and constructs the theoretical framework of “three-dimensional empowerment and four-dimensional evaluation”. Methodologically, We employ an integrated approach combining ArcGIS 10.8 spatial analysis technology with a two-way fixed effects model to empirically examine the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and driving mechanisms of wellness tourism industries across 30 Chinese provinces from 2014 to 2022. Key findings reveal that: (1) NQPF significantly enhance the resilience of wellness tourism by promoting industrial structure upgrading. (2) Human capital agglomeration, as a critical threshold variable, exhibits a dual-threshold effect on the enabling impact of NQPF, demonstrating a distinct nonlinear leapfrog pattern. This research not only expands the application boundary of NQPF theory in the health field but also provides a reference for the government to formulate health tourism industry policy with both theoretical depth and practical value.