Heritage Tourism in China

This book offers new approaches and insights into the relationships between heritage tourism and notions of modernity, identity building and sustainable development in China. It demonstrates that the role of the state, political ideology, institutional arrangements and tradition have a considerable impact on perceptions of these notions. The volume contributes to current debates on tradition and modernity; the study of heritage tourism; the negotiated power between stakeholders in tourism planning and policy-making and the study of China's society. The approach and findings of the book are of value to those interested in the continuities and changes in Chinese society and to graduate students and researchers in tourism, cultural studies and China studies.

Hongliang Yan is a Senior Lecturer in International Tourism Management, Coventry University, UK. His research interests include sustainable tourism, heritage tourism and tourism mobilities. He has published widely and his work has appeared in leading international peer-reviewed journals and books.

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Preface
Introduction
1. Tourism, Modernity and Identity Building
2. China's Tourism and Heritage Tourism Development
3. Traditional and Political Philosophies and Heritage Tourism
4. Governance, Tourism Development and the Heritage Sites
5. Representations of Modernity through Heritage Tourism
6. Tourism, Sustainable Development and the Four Heritage Sites
7. Conclusions
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