Integrating tea and tourism: a sustainable livelihoods approach

Ming, Su; Wall, Geoffrey; Wang, Yanan

doi:10.1080/09669582.2019.1648482

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“…Hence, this paper argues that tea resources can be effectively connected with multiple links to the tourism offering within a spatial zone (region or destination) from cultivating to harvesting, processing, tasting, and final consumption, thereby producing a fusion effect, as suggested by Su et al [13]. This is the main research motivation for this project aiming to explore this issue from a destination perspective within the discipline of management.…”

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Integrating a Local Asset/Resource into Tourism and Leisure Offering: The Case of Tea Resources in Longwu Town, Zhejiang Province, China

2021

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The purpose of this article is to report on a research project in the field of tea tourism. The project’s aim was to identify the prerequisites and critical success factors for and to suggest the adequate strategies to achieve an effective pairing/partnership between the tea industry and tourism/leisure activities. Drawing on the blended theoretical foundations of sustainable tourism development, community-based tourism, and strategic marketing planning, this study first analyzed the tea offering as a tourism asset. It then suggested the appropriate pairing between tea offering and tourism/leisure activities. The suggested framework for managing the partnership was empirically tested and validated within the Chinese context. Findings allowed one to form a comprehensive and integrated set of key issues and elements to take into account. Clear and specific development aims along with the necessary conditions are leading to the determination of suitable strategies and adequate actions. The study also indicates the key elements for the successful integration, effective pairing, and sustainable operation of tea tourism offering. The study is completed by summarizing management implications and guidelines for involved stakeholders to attain expected outcomes from sustainable action plans.

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Integrating a Local Asset/Resource into Tourism and Leisure Offering: The Case of Tea Resources in Longwu Town, Zhejiang Province, China

2021

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“…There is no consensus on the connotation of the concept of livelihood, but it is generally recognized that livelihood capital is the core component of livelihood [ 28 ]. Moser (1998) believes that the ability to achieve different livelihood strategies depends on the social and material capital owned by individuals or families [ 29 ].…”

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Ritualistic Institution and Livelihood Fragility of Female Migrant Workers in Urban China

Wang

Tang

2020

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China’s rapid urbanization can be attributed, in part, to the contribution of female migrant workers. However, they are a socially vulnerable group. In order to explore the vulnerability of female migrant workers and its reasons, questionnaires and in-depth interviews were conducted with female migrant workers in Guangdong and Hubei provinces, China, and 992 questionnaires and 147 interview data were finally collected as the research object. The descriptive statistical analysis was conducted with the quantitative data to reveal the livelihood vulnerability of female migrant workers and its reasons, and qualitative data were used to corroborate and consolidate the argument. “Ritualistic institution” is the key to understanding the livelihood fragility of female migrant workers. The policy on migrant workers has weakened the concept of family, making it difficult for families, which are on the fringes of the national policy vision, to benefit from the system. Therefore, the livelihood costs of female migrant workers have increased. Traditional gender norms also make it difficult for migrant women to enjoy the limited benefits and resources of the policy. This weakens the authoritative role of the policy in solving the problem of livelihood vulnerability for migrant workers, particularly women. This shows that China’s policy on migrant workers is somewhat symbolic. Through “family separation” and “ritualistic institution”, it can be seen that China’s urbanization is a modern development activity that carries urban bias and lacks humanistic care value. This is bound to result in the neglect of human development, gender differences, and family, making it difficult for rural migrant women to survive. This in-depth study seeks to find solutions to the problems prevalent under the cover of contemporary Chinese modernity.

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“…As for the theoretical part of SLA, participatory tools and technologies were introduced (Njifonjou, Satia, & Angaman, 2006). Application of SLA in project identification and design, new project planning and assessing the existing activities shows a strong guidance for poverty reduction (Su, Xu, & Shang, 2009). In practice, poverty maps, geographical identification and multidimensional poverty assessment were also used in poverty identification and classification.…”

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How Livelihood Assets Contribute to Sustainable Development of Smallholder Farmers

Li¹,

Shuai

et al. 2020

J of Intl Development

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There is a knowledge gap and practical demand to understand the relationship between capitals for developing sustainable livelihoods to realize poverty reduction and sustainable development, in particular for the smallholder farmers. This paper intends to make sights into an important livelihood challenge faced by smallholder farmers, which also aims to find out strategy (ies) in accelerating smallholder farmers' poverty reduction and achieving sustainable development. More specifically, we used a hybrid approach by adopting both qualitative and quantitative methods along with the concept of sustainable livelihood approach to reveal six capitals of farmers' household capacity and their potential relationships. Based on an analysis of Grounded Theory for smallholder farmers, we proposed a newly built framework for smallholder farmers' sustainable livelihoods by taking the Psychological capital (Psycap) into the sustainable livelihoods' assets. With a total sample of 796 households representing 26 counties in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (TGRR) in China, we adopted the Structural Equation Modelling using partial least squares (PLS‐SEM) to explore the key factors and key paths affecting smallholder farmers' sustainable livelihoods. Results indicate that Psycap can effectively promote the performance of Human capital (Humcap) and Physical capital (Phycap), with both significant direct and significant indirect effects on sustainable livelihoods; Phycap and Humcap have significant impacts on the new sustainable livelihood index. Finally, this paper proposed corresponding policy recommendations for poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihoods of smallholder farmers. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Integrating tea and tourism: a sustainable livelihoods approach

Cited by 74 publications

References 34 publications

Integrating a Local Asset/Resource into Tourism and Leisure Offering: The Case of Tea Resources in Longwu Town, Zhejiang Province, China

Integrating a Local Asset/Resource into Tourism and Leisure Offering: The Case of Tea Resources in Longwu Town, Zhejiang Province, China

Ritualistic Institution and Livelihood Fragility of Female Migrant Workers in Urban China

How Livelihood Assets Contribute to Sustainable Development of Smallholder Farmers

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