Ancient town tourism and the community supported entrance fee avoidance – Xitang Ancient Town of China

Ming, Su; Yu, Jingjuan; Qin, Yueting; Wall, Geoffrey; Zhu, Yong‐Guan

doi:10.1080/14766825.2021.1880418

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“…With rich historical and cultural resources that can satisfy tourists’ feeling of nostalgia, ancient cities and towns have been used for tourism throughout the world (Timothy 2003 ; Wall and Mathieson 2006 ; Wu, Zhang, and Qiu 2017 ; Yu and Peng 2015 ; Su 2019; Su et al 2020 , 2021 ). With widely recognised positive impacts on supporting heritage preservation and community development (Wu, Zhang, and Qiu 2017 ; Yu and Peng 2015 ), tourism in ancient cities and towns can also promote local culture and reinforce residents’ identity (Su and Wall 2019 ).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Heritage tourism evolution in Guangfu Ancient City, Hebei Province, China: an analysis with the improved creative destruction model

Wang

Bai

2022

Built Heritage

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Ancient cities and towns are popular tourism destinations worldwide. In this paper, Guangfu Ancient City in Yongnian County, Hebei Province, China, is taken as the case study and the modified creative destruction model is applied as the analytical framework to evaluate the multiactor dynamics of heritage tourism development. A mixed method approach is adopted, including a local resident survey, in-depth interviews with staff of the Guangfu Ancient City tourism site and government officials responsible for the heritage conservation and tourism development of the site, and a review of online tourist reviews, relevant government documents and reports. Based on the modified creative destruction model, local residents’ attitudes towards tourism development, changes in tourist numbers, the level of business and government investments, and the motivations of different stakeholders in tourism development are assessed by synthesising on-site research, historical data and other materials. Then, the tourism development stages for Guangfu Ancient City are identified as the precommodification stage before 2006, the early commodification stage from 2006 to 2011 and the advanced commodification stage from 2012 to 2017. The findings indicate that with rapid increases in investments from both corporate and government sources and in the number of tourists, the attitude of local residents towards tourism development remained positive. The results show that instead of entering the initial destruction stage, Guangfu Ancient City is in the transition stage from advanced commodification to creative enhancement given the government’s dominant role in tourism development, the heritage conservation motives of tourism entrepreneurs, the benefits to residents from tourism development ensured by government policies, and the shift in tourist type to postmodern tourists with double demands. The applicability of the modified creative destruction model is further discussed, and policy and management recommendations are generated to support the sustainable development of Guangfu Ancient City after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Heritage tourism evolution in Guangfu Ancient City, Hebei Province, China: an analysis with the improved creative destruction model

Wang

Bai

2022

Built Heritage

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“…For the assessments made in the category of Convenience at the level of service quality, first the number of rented rural houses for tourists was examined. In these areas residents transform their living spaces into shared multi-functional spaces for tourists and themselves [71]. The expert group answered 50% strongly disagree, 30% disagree and 20% no idea, respectively.…”

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Evaluation of Sustainable Rural Tourism. The Case of Uzundere District, Erzurum, Turkey

Davardoust

Karahan

2021

Sustainability

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The Uzundere district, which is located in NE Turkey, has attractive rural tourism areas with noticeable potentials and rural tourism development activities. This paper concentrates on sustainability development of rural tourism. Sustainable tourism concentrates to conserve environmental and cultural resources and emphasizes on the responsibility of tourists and participation of local people for economic growth of the region. In this study, Delphi method is used to identify important factors for evaluating sustainable development of rural tourism in the Uzundere region. It consists of thirty-three indicators in four dimensions: service quality, facilities, management system, and results. Indicators are advisers for future tourism development activities at all levels of planning. These indicators plainly reflect the situation of area tourism. In this study, a questionnaire was prepared to evaluate the rural tourism developments in the Uzundere region, based on the Delphi method. Expert opinions were taken with the participation of ten experts of the region. This study showed that tourism development projects in this region are promising in order to achieve the goals of sustainable rural tourism. In addition, in cases identified during the research, there is a need to develop approaches and experiences to address the relevant shortcomings and deficiencies.

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“…On the other hand, there are growing challenges for the cultural sector to extract economic value from cultural tourism, because for example, tourists may simply stroll around the neighbourhoods of the city without paying entry fees or even buying food and drink. In some cases, the avoidance of paying has become a kind of sport, collectively engaged in by tourists, sometimes with the help of locals and tourism suppliers (SU et al 2021). This underlines that the development of cultural tourism is no longer a tourism issue, but a community issue.…”

Section: New Cultural Tourism Practicesmentioning

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Emerging cultural tourism practices: new opportunities for small cities?

Richards¹

2021

TVT

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How will cultural tourism develop in the post-pandemic world? In order to look forward, this paper first looks back at the historical development of cultural tourism, from the rarified world of high culture to the mass consumption of pre-covid 'overtourism'. This also mirrors a growing debate about the function of cultural tourism in cities, from a 'good' form of tourism to attract high-spending visitors to problems of overcrowding, commodification and gentrification. Linked to these changes are shifts in cultural tourism practices, the rise of new cultural tourism destinations and modes of travel. We consider the rise of creative clusters and event programs as examples of emerging new practices in cultural tourism, highlighting the role of major events such as the European Capital of Culture. The focus of such major event programmes has progressively shifted to smaller cities, including Pécs in Hungary. How have these changes affected the places that cultural tourists visit, and what are the prospects for cultural tourism in the future?

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Ancient town tourism and the community supported entrance fee avoidance – Xitang Ancient Town of China

Cited by 6 publications

References 32 publications

Heritage tourism evolution in Guangfu Ancient City, Hebei Province, China: an analysis with the improved creative destruction model

Heritage tourism evolution in Guangfu Ancient City, Hebei Province, China: an analysis with the improved creative destruction model

Evaluation of Sustainable Rural Tourism. The Case of Uzundere District, Erzurum, Turkey

Emerging cultural tourism practices: new opportunities for small cities?

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