In China, sites categorised as UNESCO World Heritage Sites are commonly used as a
means of economic regeneration through tourism development. This study is of a recent …

This study contributes to the debate on tourism and local development through evaluating
an ambivalent case of traditional festival revival and tourism development in Hong Kong …

Recent years have seen the emergence of a number of regional-based charters and
declarations; all of which attempt to address the Eurocentric biases of the global heritage …

This paper examines how the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and …

Due to its rich stock of heritage assets, extraordinary pace of market liberalisation, and its
political administration, the People's Republic of China is at a crossroads in terms of the …

The paper explains a cultural political economy “framing” for interpreting heritage tourism in
urban contexts. Key ideas behind this research perspective are explained and illustrated …

This paper explores the power of both traditional culture and modernity, their interaction, and
ecotourism as defined and developed in China, and suggests a new framework for …

The article reports the results of a mixed methods research study with a sample of 418
respondents in a quantitative study and semistructured interviews with 40 respondents, both …

For many years tourism has been one of the principal ways through which the relationship
between heritage and globalisation is analytically articulated. Countless studies since the …

This paper reports results from comparative studies of residents and businesses in Shi Cha
Hai Hutong, Beijing, for 2006 and 2008. The study illustrates the speed and scale of tourism …