Tourism Politics in Lijiang, China: An Analysis of State and Local Interactions in Tourism Development

Su, Xiaobo; Teo, Peggy

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“…Previous literature has identified that the production of space can play a significant role in shaping the character of capitalist and socialist society (McGee, 2009;Nguyen and Locke, 2014;Su and Teo, 2008;Ye et al, 2014). This study has identified that the concept of space is no longer a static platform of social relations, but embraces constitutive dimensions, which are historically produced, reconfigured and transformed.…”

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“…Following this, the state strengthened NFPs as an important asset to develop the regional economy under its fiscal policy. Although capital not only produced a variety of tourist attractions and infrastructure in NFPs, the state and capital changed the materiality of the environment and the appropriation of sites depended by local people by the physical interventions in NFPs (Buser, 2012;Gottdiener, 1993;Hansen, 2013;Roth, 2008;Su and Teo, 2008). International organizations, for instance, UNSCO, played a positive role in conservation in NFPs acknowledged by the state to regulate the capital.…”

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“…The spatial conflict often emerges between the objective for the conservation of ecological sites and the subjective space of local society (Hansen, 2013). A struggle for rights can be the source of transformation (Frisvoll, 2012;Hossain, 2012;McLennan et al, 2014) that produces a space which can be used to support sectors, such as tourism, and provide benefits to adjacent communities (Su and Teo, 2008).…”

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The role of institutions in the production of space for tourism: National Forest Parks in China

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Forest Policy and Economics

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Nature-based tourism is a global phenomenon, with traditional forms of use of natural areas, such as wood harvesting and agriculture, paving the way for ecotourism. However, there has been limited exploration of the role of institutions in driving this transition. Consequently, this paper sought to explore the role of institutions in producing space for tourism within National Forest Parks (NFPs) in China. To achieve this objective 68 nationallevel policy documents from 1949 to 2014 were collected and analyzed. Findings demonstrate a transformation in the role of NFPs, orchestrated by the state, capital and society for tourism. In particular, NFPs, as an ideological space in national development, were not only an outcome of economic, social, political, and ecological processes, but also balanced the power between the state, capital and society. Institutional changes mirrored the dynamic relationship between the state, capital and society in China. Future research should focus on the role of institutions in producing space for tourism for and within parks at the local level, especially in developing contexts.

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“…Some studies take a more critical view of Chinese ethnic tourism development, decrying it as a force of radical transformation, in which local customs are commoditised (Su & Teo, 2008), commercialised, spectacularised (Li, 2012) or exoticised (Fiskesjö, 2015) for the entertainment of a new domestic tourist public, whereby they implicitly lose their 'authenticity'. However, as Zhu's study of a Naxi marriage ceremony for tourists in Lijiang demonstrates authenticity in performances for tourists is an intricate issue: for the Naxi dongba (ritual practitioner) the ritual may still preserve a 'performative experience of authenticity', even if performed 'just for fun' for a tourist audience (Zhu, 2012(Zhu, , p. 1495.…”

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Ethnic tourism in mainland Southeast Asia: the state of the art

Cohen

2016

Tourism Recreation Research

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“…It is continuously reworked through "agency, struggle, and resistance," (Tucker 2007: 142) be it by tourists (Tucker 2007;d'Hauteserre 2006), development interest groups (Schollmann et al. 2001), or locals (Su and Teo 2008). Related, place is not simply "out there"; rather, it is made and remade by specific agents (Crouch 2000).…”

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The Power of Place: Tourism Development in Costa Rica

Nost¹

2017

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Full-text, in-print version here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14616688.2012.699090Citation: Nost, E. 2013. The Power of Place: Tourism Development in Costa Rica. Tourism Geographies. 15(1): 88-106.In this paper, I question how representations of tourist destinations color and are colored by development. Presenting the results of ethnographic fieldwork conducted on the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, I find that the authenticity of portrayals of place is important not for its veracity, but for the social work it performs. Authenticity is not merely socially constructed but expressive of social relations which value people and places. Tourist perceptions of the caribe sur as genuinely underdeveloped—gauged by an analysis of photos and guidebooks as well as surveys—produce an approach to resource use within the community that is limiting. Because the value of the place is its underdevelopment, development itself constrains the possibility of sustaining further growth. Ultimately, reading development via place can be a guide for critically appreciating contemporary patterns of tourism and sustainable development in the caribe sur and elsewhere.

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Tourism Politics in Lijiang, China: An Analysis of State and Local Interactions in Tourism Development

Cited by 51 publications

References 16 publications

The role of institutions in the production of space for tourism: National Forest Parks in China

The role of institutions in the production of space for tourism: National Forest Parks in China

Ethnic tourism in mainland Southeast Asia: the state of the art

The Power of Place: Tourism Development in Costa Rica

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