Tourism In China: Geographic, Political, And Economic Perspectives

Abstract

Part 1 Evolution: China's tourism development since 1978 - policies, experiences and lessons learned, Chang Guangrui the June 4, 1989, Tian'anmen Square incident and Chinese tourism, Wesley S. Roehl an assessment of China's tourism resources, Yongwei Zhang. Part 2 Organization: international tourism in China - its organization and socio-economic impact, Erdmann Gormsen China's hotel landscape - a marker of economic development and social change, Lawrence Yu tourism and hospitality education in China, Xiao Qianhui and Lui Zhijiang. Part 3 Chinese tourists: domestic tourism in China - policies and development, Qiao Yuxia travel behaviour and the impacts of domestic tourism in China, E. Gormsen the Chinese landscape as a tourist attraction - image and reality, Ying Yang Petersen overseas Chinese and compatriots in China's tourism development, Alan A. Lew. Part 4 Outer China: tourism in Xinjiang - practice and place, Stanley W. Toops tourism in Guizhou - the legacy of internal colonialism, Timothy S. Oakes a comparison of state and private artisan production for tourism in Yunnan, Margaret Byrne Swain. Part 5 Conclusions and future prospects: China's tourism - opportunities, challenges and strategies, G. Zhang et al.