The Rise of Tourism in China

Social and Cultural Change
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-84541-890-8
Verlag: Channel View Publications

Buch, Englisch, 213 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 505 g

This book offers a comprehensive understanding of China’s tourism development from 1992 onwards, focusing on the social-cultural change that accompanied the rise of tourism. It examines both the economic benefits and sociocultural impacts of tourism and argues that tourism sustainability depends on a delicate balance between economic and social-cultural interests which could manifest differently among the stakeholders of various interests. It also explores, through both theoretical and empirical analysis, how travel connects people and places through the processes of tourist imagination and consumption. The volume portrays how contemporary discourses fuse with individual histories to formulate the ways in which tourists understand China. It will be a useful resource for students and scholars in human geography, tourism management, leisure and recreation, and social sciences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Li, Yiping

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction: Making or Remaking People and Places through Tourism

Chapter 1. The Appeal of Distant Places: China’s Inbound Tourism in the 1990s

Chapter 2. Orientalism Revisited: Ethnic Tourism of China versus Canada

Chapter 3. Tourism Impacts in China after Two Decades of Development

Chapter 4. Community Tourism and China’s Dilemma of Modernisation

Chapter 5. Red Tourism and China’s Communist Identity

Chapter 6. The Impacts of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Chapter 7. Leisure Shopping and the Hong Kong–China Relationship

Chapter 8. Island Festivals and Sense of Place: The Hong Kong Experience

Chapter 9. Linguistic Landscape, Tourism and an Island Place Making

Chapter 10. Tourism and Social-Cultural Change in China

Conclusion: Applying Ethnography to China Tourism Research

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Li, Yiping
Yiping Li is a Professor at the College of Management, Guangzhou University, China. His research interests include tourism and leisure studies, cultural geography and the regional geography of China.