Introduction

Tourism routes through a mobile lens: The case of China’s Chamagudao

“…Developing, interpreting, and managing cohesive cultural heritage routes is a complex undertaking, defined by stratified cultural values, meanings and interpretations and the presence of numerous and diverse human activities along their trajectories producing a multi-facetted landscape of social, cultural, economic, and environmental effects. The Chamagudao, like other heritage destinations, involves multiple stakeholders ascribing different meanings and holding different interests in relation to the development of heritage for tourism (Paquette, 2021). Complex relationships between public and private institutions, communities and tourists underlie heritage construction in general (Paquette, 2021).…”

“…The Chamagudao, like other heritage destinations, involves multiple stakeholders ascribing different meanings and holding different interests in relation to the development of heritage for tourism (Paquette, 2021). Complex relationships between public and private institutions, communities and tourists underlie heritage construction in general (Paquette, 2021). The Chamagudao’s scale and its administratively, entrepreneurially, topographically, and culturally diverse landscape heighten this complexity.…”