The politics of heritage tourism in China
Subtitle: a view from Lijiang
By: Xiaobo Su and Peggy Teo.
Contributors: Teo, Peggy.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415478083; 9780203873687
Subjects: Heritage tourism -- China -- Lijiang Naxizu Zizhixian; Tourism -- Government policy -- China -- Lijiang Naxizu Zizhixian; Culture and tourism -- China -- Lijiang Naxizu Zizhixian; Human geography -- China -- Lijiang Naxizu Zizhixian; Landscape changes -- China -- Lijiang Naxizu Zizhixian; Lijiang Naxizu Zizhixian (China) -- Antiquities
Table of contents: title: Rethinking tourism politics 2. the cultural politics of tourism: exploring the complexity of hegemony 3. locating Lijiang: connections and process 4. producing heritage: Lijiang's immersion into global tourism 5. consuming heritage: tourists' expectations and influence on Lijiang 7. local agency in heritage tourism 8. conclusion: cultural politics of heritage tourism and beyond.