Journal
TOURISM MANAGEMENT
Volume 70, Issue -, Pages 188-200Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2018.08.012
Keywords
Conflict; Tourism development; Local government; Villagers' committee; Rural China
Funding
- Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
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This paper explores the phenomenon of conflict in tourism development in rural China. Four cases were selected and analyzed as part of this exploration. The study identified eight major conflict issues: land expropriation, ticket revenue distribution, vending rights, tourism management rights, house demolition, house building, entry restrictions, and village elections. The conflict evolution process indicates that these issues are dynamic and connected rather than static and isolated. Local government was found to be the most important conflicting party for local people due to its authority and economic interests in tourism development. In addition, an of tenignored conflicting party, villagers' committees, was found to have limitations in maintaining local peoples interests. The findings of this study shed light on this complicated and sensitive tourism conflict phenomenon in rural China. A couple of practical implications for local authorities and UNESCO are outlined at the end of the paper.
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