Assisting the poor in China through tourism development: A review of research

Zeng, Benxiang; Ryan, Chris

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2011.08.014

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“…The pace of this development has raised many practical Tourism System Research 25 and academic issues, which in turn have attracted a great deal of research on tourism in China and especially on its mainland. For example, Tsang and Hsu (2011) conducted an overview of China tourism and hospitalityrelated articles, and there have been reviews of China's hotel industry, pro-poor tourism in China, and heritage and ethnic minorities (Gu, Ryan, & Yu, 2012;Ryan, Zhang, & Zeng, 2011;Yang, Ryan, & Zhang, 2013;Zeng & Ryan, 2012). By contrast, traditionally popular destinations such as France (16) and Italy (22) appeared infrequently in the article keywords for this analysis.…”

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The Tourism System Research Categorization Framework

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Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

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This analysis produced a tourism system research categorization framework comprising mutually exclusive subject areas to classify the keywords in academic journal articles. The primary research goals were to develop this framework and then assess the frequency levels of specific tourism research subject areas in the 10-year period of 2002-2011. A database of 37,918 author-selected keywords from 9,588 research articles in 31 tourism, hospitality, and leisure journals was created. Using the proposed framework, the database was divided into six main categories (destination; demand; travel; marketing; geographical areas; and generic terms) and 61 sub-categories. The destination category captured the most keywords, followed by demand and then marketing.

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Section: Geographical Areas and Generic Termsmentioning

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The Tourism System Research Categorization Framework

Park

Morrison

et al. 2015

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

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“…The process has since 2002 often been promoted as part of policies for "Tourism-Assisting the Poor" (fu pin lv you) (Zeng and Ryan, 2012). However, the most promoted site in Xishuangbanna, the Dai Garden, with a concrete performance arena and daily shows built around a genuine Buddhist temple, was developed by a Han investor (Yang and Wall, 2009a), and most analyses point to the control of tourism by tour operators.…”

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“…The 'Open up the West' project used tourism as a mechanism for this perhaps reaching its apogee in the "Greater Shangri-la Tourism Investment and Development Project" discussed below (Sofield and Li, 2011). There has been considerable academic interest in 'pro-poor' tourism in China especially as a way of distributing wealth from rapidly developing cities to poorer rural areas (Zeng and Ryan, 2012). The current 12 th five year plan announced 'we will comprehensively promote eco-tourism, [and] encourage in-depth development of cultural tourism' (Xiao, 2013, page 1).…”

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Travelling ethics: Valuing harmony, habitat and heritage while consuming people and places

Crang

2015

Geoforum

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“…In the case of tourism, which has been used frequently as a tool to stimulate marginal economies and to promote well-being in developing countries, notably in rural and peripheral regions (Zeng & Ryan, 2012;Zhao & Ritchie, 2007), it has also been suggested that the tourism development should be community-based, incorporating local residents as the main players (Murphy, 1985). Hence, identifying the voices of the host communities has gained increasing attention from researchers, managers and planners (Aref, 2011;Wall, 2007).…”

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Asset-based community development as applied to tourism in Tibet

Pearce

2013

Tourism Geographies

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This article is one of the first tourism studies to adopt the asset-based community development (ABCD) approach. It explores the potential of the ABCD approach to tourism development as a poverty alleviation strategy. The study was undertaken in Lhasa, Tibet. Photo-elicitation interviews, focus group interviews, and a questionnaire-based survey were used. It was found that the Tibetan young hosts had a good knowledge of local assets. They identified five categories of local assets as having the most potential to be developed as tourism attractions in the near future. The identified tourism assets were world heritage sites, religious sites, traditional Tibetan yards, daily life and customs, and Tibetan medicines -the last four assets were undeveloped ones. Clear perceptions on the value of the assets, as well as the difficulty and desirability of their development in the future were also mapped, using repeated measures one-way analysis of variance. Through the process of assessing the tourism assets, this study identified in a preliminary way that adopting the ABCD approach to poverty alleviation through tourism is feasible. By mapping other assets in the community (e.g. human, social, financial, and physical), a further and more complete test of the approach can be undertaken. Examining these assets may also reveal more ideas for the community's common future. Theoretically, this work adds to the conceptual approaches for community-based tourism development work. Methodologically, this study illustrates research techniques for obtaining emic voices in a marginal and politically charged environment. The extensive use of the participants' images as a basis for discussion was of particular note. Practically, this research offers both general and detailed suggestions for the Lhasa Government and its community work, especially ways to approach and access community perspectives.

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Assisting the poor in China through tourism development: A review of research

Cited by 110 publications

References 12 publications

The Tourism System Research Categorization Framework

The Tourism System Research Categorization Framework

Travelling ethics: Valuing harmony, habitat and heritage while consuming people and places

Asset-based community development as applied to tourism in Tibet

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