system in China in 1999 and 2007. It does so by evaluating three dimensions, namely (a)
dominant government policy,(b) the pattern of tourism demand and (c) the degree of public
participation in the policy making process. Both quantitative and qualitative methodologies
are used in a content analysis of 45 related documents. The results indicate that while little
relationship existed between the demands of tourism and public policy in both 1999 and …