Tourism research in China /
Songshan (Sam) Huang and Ganghua Chen
- Bristol : Channel View Publications, c2016
- xii, 151 pages ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1 : The landscape of tourism research in China : an overview -- 2: Philosophical and epistemological views of tourism -- 3: Rural tourism development in China -- 4 : Community participation and involvement in tourism : cases and models in China -- 5: Tourist market and behaviors studies : the Chinese foci -- 6: Tourist attraction management in China : issues and challenges -- 7: Tour guiding and interpretation in China -- 8: Tourism research in China : concluding remarks.
This book provides a selective review of tourism research in China. We intend to offer or readers insights into, and fine-grained analyses of, topics which we have been researching for years and in which we can thus claim a measure of expertise. The book contribute to the sum of tourism scholarship - alongside other scholarly books on China tourism - in its unique positioning which aims to reveal the current state of tourism research in Chinain selected research areas.