TY - BOOK AU - Ryan, Chris, AU - Gu, Huimin, TI - Tourism in China: destination, cultures and communities SN - 9780415991896 U1 - 338.479151 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Tourism KW - China N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-364) and index; 1 Introduction: The Growth and Context of Tourism in China 1 CHRIS RYAN AND GU HUIMIN PART I Destination Change and Planning 2 Destination Planning in China 11 CHRIS RYAN, GU HUIMIN AND FANG MENG 3 Tourism Development and the Tourism Area Life-Cycle: A Case Study of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China 38 ZHONG IINSHENG, DENG JINYANG AND XIANG BAOHUI 4 Chinese National Parks--Resource Usage Efficiencies, Spatial Proximity and Roles: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis 67 XIAO-LONG MA, CHRIS RYAN AND JI-GANG BAO 5 Overseas Chinese Town: A Case Study of the Interactive Development of Real Estate and Tourism 88 ZHANG NING AND WEN ZHANG 6 Heritage Retail Centres, Creative Destruction and the Water Town of Luzhi, Kunshan, China 99 CHENNAN (NANCY) FAN, GEOFF WALL AND CLARE MITCHELL 7 Comparing Scenic Zones in China: Comparisons and Methodology 124 LI HONG AND ZHAO XIN PART II Destinations and Cultural Representations 8 Destinations and Cultural Representations: The Importance of Political Context and the Decay of Statism 139 CHRIS RYAN AND GU HUIMIN 9 Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), China: The Meaning of Harmonious Relationships 157 FUNG MEI SARAH LI AND TREVOR H.B. SOFIELD 10 Tourism Development and Cultural Interpretation in Ganzi, China 168 WOLFGANG GEORG ARLT AND XU HONGGANG 11 The Evolution of Cultural Tourism: The Example of Qufu, the Birthplace of Confucius 182 MA AIPING, SI LINA AND ZHANG HONGFEI 12 Evaluation of Visitor Experience at Chinese Buddhist Sites: 'The Case of Wutai Mountain 197 FANGFANG SHI 13 Brochures, World Heritage Sites in China and Responsible Tourism: The Tourism Services Perspective 213 RONG HUANG AND DANGING LIU 14 Analysis of Tour Guide Interpretation in China 225 YANG HONGYING AND CHEN HUI PART III Community Participation and Perspectives 15 Community Participation and Social Impacts of Tourism 239 CHRIS RYAN,GU HUIMIN AND FANG MENG 16 Hongcun and Xidi: Rural Townships' Experiences of Tourism 259 GU HUIMIN AND CHRIS RYAN 17 Community Involvement in Rural Tourism Development: Evidence from Pinggu, Yanqing and Miyun Districts, Beijing Municipality 268 WEN ZHANG, AN YANYAN AND JUMEI LIU 18 The Psychological Carrying Capacity of Tourists: An Analysis of Visitors' Perceptions of Tianjin and the Role of Friendliness 284 LIANG ZHI AND WANG BIHAN 19 Maintaining the Authenticity of Rural Tourism Experiences through Community Participation: The Case of Two Baiyang Lake Island Villages 293 YONG-GUANG ZHOU AND EMILY MA 20 Place Attachment, Identity and Community Impacts of Tourism: The Case of a Beijing Hutong 308 GU HUIMIN AND CHRIS RYAN 21 The Context of Chinese Tourism: An Overview and Implications for Research 327 CHRIS RYAN, GU HUIMIN AND ZHANG WEI ER -