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<article-title>Correction: Study on the complex relationship of tourism-economy-ecological environment in arid zones: the case of Xinjiang, China</article-title>
<alt-title alt-title-type="left-running-head">Liu et al.</alt-title>
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<given-names>Haijun</given-names>
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<surname>Xia</surname>
<given-names>Qianqian</given-names>
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<given-names>Gulnigar</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
<institution>Institute of Resources and Ecology</institution>, <institution>Yili Normal University</institution>, <addr-line>Yining</addr-line>, <country>China</country>
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<institution>College of Resources and Environment</institution>, <institution>Yili Normal University</institution>, <addr-line>Yining</addr-line>, <country>China</country>
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<institution>School of Geographical Sciences</institution>, <institution>Southwest University</institution>, <addr-line>Chongqing</addr-line>, <country>China</country>
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<bold>Edited and reviewed by:</bold> <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2662816/overview">L&#xf3;r&#xe1;nt D&#xe9;nes Dr. D&#xe1;vid</ext-link>, John von Neumann University, Hungary</p>
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<corresp id="c001">&#x2a;Correspondence: Beizi Chen, <email>cc09670@163.com</email>
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<day>27</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<volume>13</volume>
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<day>22</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<day>16</day>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#xa9; 2025 Liu, Chen, Xia, Zabi and Li.</copyright-statement>
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<related-article id="RA1" related-article-type="corrected-article" journal-id="Front. Environ. Sci." journal-id-type="nlm-ta" xlink:href="10.3389/fenvs.2024.1435660" ext-link-type="doi">A Correction on <article-title>Study on the complex relationship of tourism-economy-ecological environment in arid zones: the case of Xinjiang, China</article-title> by Liu H, Chen B, Xia Q, Zabi G and Li G (2024). Front. Environ. Sci. 12:1435660. doi: <object-id>10.3389/fenvs.2024.1435660</object-id>
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<p>In the published article, there was an error in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F3">Figure 3</xref>. The location of the study area as published. Some layer files were omitted in the submitted Figure, resulting in an incomplete image being published in the article. The corrected <xref ref-type="fig" rid="F3">Figure 3</xref> and its caption appear below.</p>
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