Research on the paths and strategies of the integrated development of culture and tourism industry in urban historical blocks

Abstract

COVID-19 has brought about great impact on the global economy. Various countries have adopted different levels of spatial isolation measures to curb the spread of the epidemic. These measures not only limit the spatial flow of people and property, but also cause global anxiety and public mental health problems. Corresponding to this process, cultural demands are growing stronger and the humanistic shift in today's urban economic development also puts forward higher requirements for local culture. Historic districts are an important symbolic historical and cultural landscape of a city, and many cities regard them as important starting points for the shaping of urban characteristics and competitiveness. Taking Qingming Bridge Historical and Cultural Block in Wuxi City as an example, combined with the public's mental health needs in the context of COVID-19 and the current background of the return of humanism in urban development, and construct a more sustainable framework for the renewal and development of urban historical blocks, focusing on the integration and development of the cultural landscape and tourism in the historical block. A comprehensive analysis shows that the development of Qingming Bridge Historical and Cultural Block must be based on the comprehensive investment of “four types of resources,” such as culture, land, capital, and labor, and must rely on the cooperation of the “two sectors” of culture and tourism. By earnestly respecting the above, as well as the “triple bottom line” of regional ecology, economy, and society, sustainable development can be achieved.

Quantitative Research of Street Interface Morphology in Urban Historic Districts:A Case Study of West Street Historic District,Quanzhou

“…As the concept of a people-centred approach gradually takes hold,scholars are no longer confined to studying historical districts from an objective perspective.The third type explores the relationship between people and historic districts from a human perspective.Some scholars consider the relationship between historical districts and their residents from the perspective of residents' roles [44,45]. Others explore heritage tourism in historical districts from the perspective of visitors [46,47]. Some scholars study people's perceptions of historical districts [48][49][50][51][52][53].Against the backdrop of the current energy crisis and climate change, The fourth type of research addresses energy issues in historic districts, evaluating existing energy-saving measures [54,55] and exploring new methods [56,57].Quantitative research mainly focuses on constructing evaluation systems and studying the space of historic districts.…”

How policy promotes the integration of culture and tourism? A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis based on the Policy Instrument Theory

“…Scholars often assess the performance of culture-tourism convergency from two key indicators: coupling coordination [ 48 , 49 ] and efficiency [ 50 , 51 ]. The variations in the integration outcomes highlight the practical significance of studying its influencing factors, which include the level of economic development, traffic conditions [ 16 ], human capital [ 52 ], resource endowment [ 53 ], financial environment [ 54 ], and technological changes [ 55 ]. Furthermore, it also depends on the role of governments and their policy interventions [ 56 ].…”

A Study on Tourist Satisfaction Based on the Conservation and Reuse of Alleyway Spaces in Urban Historic Neighborhoods

“…Zhu Xiaoyang et al proposed a conceptual model of the relationship between tourist landscape evaluation, destination images, place attachment, and Taiwan's Taiping Old Street [33]. Feng Liang et al focused on the integration and development of historical neighborhood cultural landscapes and tourism, constructing a more sustainable framework for urban historical neighborhood renewal and development [34]. Pezeshki, Fereshteh, and others surveyed the support of Iranian small heritage site communities for sustainable tourism development, proposing a paradigm model based on social constructionist framework and grounded theory methods, and for the first time, they identified the dimensions of the core phenomenon "community SSTD (community support for sustainable tourism development)" in small heritage sites [35].…”