Tourism in China

Destinations, Planning and Experiences

By: Prof. Chris Ryan (Editor), Songshan (Sam) Huang (Editor)

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eBook | 7 June 2013 | Edition Number 1

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This book offers an in-depth understanding of tourism development and destination planning in China's transitional economy. It is a unique collaboration between editors and contributors to present issues in current Chinese tourism research to Western colleagues. The influences informing the book range from pragmatic concerns about destination planning in China, to senses of injustice about how that planning generates unequal distributions of revenue via concerns about needs for new conceptual approaches. The book also examines the changing nature of Chinese society and its political system, and commentary on the changing role of the Chinese State in tourism planning. It will be a valuable resource for postgraduate students and tourism researchers as well as for tourism industry professionals who want to understand China as a domestic, outbound and inbound tourism market.

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The collection of papers provides insights on many aspects of tourism in China. Particularly, it addresses an unequal distribution of tourism revenue and the effects of growing secularism and commercialism in recent years. A major strength of the book is the introduction of Chinese scholarship to an international audience. The book is an important source for those wishing to understand the current tourism state of tourism in China. It will undoubtedly make its mark in the growing literature on tourism in China and is a useful source for academics, professionals, and students interested in gaining a critical understanding of tourism.