Objective This study addresses the practical dilemmas of insufficient synergy and adaptation and unbalanced regional development between digital-real integration and tourism economic resilience, enhances the risk resistance capacity of the tourism industry, and promotes the long-term stable growth of the tourism economy. Methods Taking 286 cities in China as the research objects, this study employed models including the coupling coordination degree model, spatial autocorrelation analysis, and geodetector to explore the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and driving mechanisms of the coupling coordination degree between digital-real integration and tourism economic resilience in China from 2012 to 2022. Results (1) The values of digital-real integration and tourism economic resilience exhibited significant spatial heterogeneity. (2) The coupling coordination degree between digital-real integration and tourism economic resilience in China showed an N-shaped fluctuating upward trend, transitioning from maladjustment to coordination, and exhibited a spatial pattern characterized by “higher in the east than in the west and higher in the south than in the north.” The spatial agglomeration types were dominated by high-high (HH) and low-low (LL) agglomerations, and the agglomeration trend remained relatively stable. Conclusion The overall coupling coordination degree between digital-real integration and tourism economic resilience is favorable. Clarifying the core driving factors and synergistic patterns can provide a scientific basis for their synergistic development and consolidating the resilience of the tourism industry.
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