This work looks into the simultaneous development of rural green tourism and rural revitalization with a focus on ecological civilization construction and based on the theory of DSR. Data on rural green tourism and rural revitalization are analyzed empirically for 10 villages situated in the west of Province X during the period from 2020 to 2024. Entropy weight method and coupling coordination degree model are used for the assessment of the comprehensive evaluation index, definition of the level of coupling coordination, and identification of the development trajectory of the two systems. Besides, the construction of the index system associated with the determinants affecting the development and coordination of the two systems and examination of their mutual influence using the geographic detector analysis are provided. The practical approach for developing rural green tourism towards achieving rural revitalization goals is suggested based on the above-mentioned empirical studies. It can be concluded that the comprehensive coordination index of the rural green tourism and rural revitalization system grew from 0.0359 to 0.2101, whereas the coupling coordination degree increased correspondingly from 0.1805 to 0.4583. The development trajectories of these two indices have three distinctive features, which are fast start-up stage, bottleneck stage, and gradual advancement stage. In view of the future development of the two systems, coordination should be made in the following aspects: talent cultivation and innovation in marketing, industry integration and structure optimization, conservation and utilization of resources, and equitable distribution for achieving dual goals of rural tourism greening and rural revitalization.
