Front. Public Health Frontiers in Public Health Front. Public Health 2296-2565 Frontiers Media S.A. 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1769307 Correction Correction: From pursuing quantity to pursuing quality: exploring the coupling coordination and influencing factors of high-quality tourism development and ecosystem service value in the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration of China Yao Hao 1 † Zou Zeduo 2 † Zhu Yiting 1 Zhou Chunshan 2 * College of Tourism, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, China School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China Correspondence: Chunshan Zhou, zhoucs@mail.sysu.edu.cn

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There was a mistake in Table 1 as published. In the submitted paper all the references in the “source” and supplement the unit for “Indicator Explanation” sections were included. However, the published article contained many blank spaces. The corrected Table 1 appears below.

Construction of the index system for high-quality tourism development based on the sustainable development theory.

Dimension 1 Dimension 2 Indicator Indicator explanation Indicator attribute Source
Economical level Tourism innovation development Tourism investment and research expenditure R&D expenditure × (total tourism revenue/GDP) (10,000 yuan) + (36)
Tourism innovation products The number of tourism patents held by 10,000 people (pieces) + (36)
Tourism openness level The number of inbound arrivals The number of overnight inbound visitors (10,000 people) + (22)
Inbound consumption Inbound tourism revenue (100 million yuan) + (8)
Tourism area coordination Contribution of tourism to the economy Domestic tourism revenue (100 million yuan) + (9)
The proportion of tourism revenue in the GDP (%) + (9)
Contribution of tourism to employment The proportion of tourism industry workers in the total number of employees (%) + (37)
The contribution of tourism industry linkage The proportion of tourism revenue in the output value of the tertiary industry (%) + (8)
Social cultural level Tourism products and services sharing Density of high-quality tourism resources Number of 4A and 5A-level scenic spots (places) + (37)
High-quality accommodation supply for tourism Number of four-star and five-star hotels (places) + (37)
Tourism public transportation services The number of taxis in operation per capita at the end of the year (in units of vehicles) + (36)
The number of actual public transport vehicles in operation per capita at the end of the year (in units of vehicles) + (36)
Tourism Public Health Services The number of public toilets (facilities) per 10,000 people (places) + (32)
Tourism cultural facility services Number of museums (places) + (22)
Number of public libraries (places) + (22)
Number of art performance groups and institutions (places) + (22)
Environmental level Tourism green development Park green space area Per capita park green space area (m2) + (32)
Greening of the built-up area Green coverage rate of built-up area (%) + (32)
Level of air pollution Annual average PM2.5 concentration (μg/m3) - (36)
Garbage harmless treatment Garbage harmless treatment (%) + (32)
Wastewater treatment Wastewater treatment rate (%) + (36)

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