Investment in China's tourism industry: Its scale, nature, and policy issues

Interpreting the mind of multinational hotel investors: Future trends and implications in China

“…There are in total six categories of hotel development trends emerged from the analysis of the data collected and the previous studies on hotel development (Kivela and Leung, 2005;Li and Park, 2006;Tisdell and Wen, 1991;Xiao et al, 2008;Zhao, 1989), namely (1) the trend of business formats, (2) the direction trends of investments, (3) the impact of mega-events on hotel development, (4) government policies, (5) local entrepreneurs, and (6) the potential of the Chinese market. The first two categories are the consequences of last four categories (see Fig.…”

The Spatial Distribution of Tourism in China: Trends and Impacts

“…International tourists were only free to visit designated places open to foreigners in China in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and there were considerable restrictions on foreigners visiting some parts of China, mainly in the interior. Entry permits were issued by the government, after careful checking, in order to control tourist inflow to areas that were regarded by the Chinese government as unsuitable for foreign tourists (Tisdell & Wen, 1991). This type of entry control prevented many foreigners visiting the interior.…”

“…The Gini ratios for the four indicators were relatively higher in 1986 than those in 1988 because 1988 was the year when considerable expansion of tourism supply was accomplished throughout China (Tisdell & Wen, 1991), consequently increases in tourist facilities occurred in almost all localities in China.…”

Development, economy and culture: cultural heritage tourism planning, liangzhu, china

“…To date, academic attention has focused mainly on the national context, especially the progressive dismantling of barriers to inbound tourism (e.g. Tisdell & Wen, 1991;Lew & Yu, 1995;Zhang, 1997;Sofield & Li, 1998;Guangrui, 2003), regional economic analyses (e.g. Wen & Tisdell, 2001;Zhang, 2001), resource and product development issues (e.g.…”