Author: Pál Nyíri
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295800496
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Twenty years ago, commercial tourism in the People’s Republic of China hardly existed. Today, China has a burgeoning tourist industry, characterized by a unique style with deep roots in traditional Chinese culture. Scenic Spots is an engaging exploration of why Chinese tourists pursue certain kinds of experiences, what they make of them, and how their experiences and interpretations are shaped by the state. Working from within a Chinese cultural framework, Pál Nyíri argues that China’s brand of tourism is distinct from the traditions of both Western bourgeois tourism, which values authenticity, and Soviet tourism, with its emphasis on rugged and selfless experience. In China, tourism development is guided by the state, and “scenic spots” (jingdian) and theme parks are used to demonstrate China’s heroic past and as tools of patriotic education and modernization – or as forms of “indoctritainment.” The tourist site is perceived as a product, and, as such, it is bounded, approved, rated, and consumed. In a style both straightforward and provocative, Nyíri argues that the uniformity and undisguised commercialism of Chinese tourist sites are a direct result of the state’s ultimate authority to determine the meaning of landscape and to control culture. Scenic Spots serves as a lens through which to explore mechanisms of cultural control and resistance in a highly commercialized sphere of everyday life in contemporary China.
Scenic Spots
Author: Pál Nyíri
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295800496
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Twenty years ago, commercial tourism in the People’s Republic of China hardly existed. Today, China has a burgeoning tourist industry, characterized by a unique style with deep roots in traditional Chinese culture. Scenic Spots is an engaging exploration of why Chinese tourists pursue certain kinds of experiences, what they make of them, and how their experiences and interpretations are shaped by the state. Working from within a Chinese cultural framework, Pál Nyíri argues that China’s brand of tourism is distinct from the traditions of both Western bourgeois tourism, which values authenticity, and Soviet tourism, with its emphasis on rugged and selfless experience. In China, tourism development is guided by the state, and “scenic spots” (jingdian) and theme parks are used to demonstrate China’s heroic past and as tools of patriotic education and modernization – or as forms of “indoctritainment.” The tourist site is perceived as a product, and, as such, it is bounded, approved, rated, and consumed. In a style both straightforward and provocative, Nyíri argues that the uniformity and undisguised commercialism of Chinese tourist sites are a direct result of the state’s ultimate authority to determine the meaning of landscape and to control culture. Scenic Spots serves as a lens through which to explore mechanisms of cultural control and resistance in a highly commercialized sphere of everyday life in contemporary China.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295800496
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Twenty years ago, commercial tourism in the People’s Republic of China hardly existed. Today, China has a burgeoning tourist industry, characterized by a unique style with deep roots in traditional Chinese culture. Scenic Spots is an engaging exploration of why Chinese tourists pursue certain kinds of experiences, what they make of them, and how their experiences and interpretations are shaped by the state. Working from within a Chinese cultural framework, Pál Nyíri argues that China’s brand of tourism is distinct from the traditions of both Western bourgeois tourism, which values authenticity, and Soviet tourism, with its emphasis on rugged and selfless experience. In China, tourism development is guided by the state, and “scenic spots” (jingdian) and theme parks are used to demonstrate China’s heroic past and as tools of patriotic education and modernization – or as forms of “indoctritainment.” The tourist site is perceived as a product, and, as such, it is bounded, approved, rated, and consumed. In a style both straightforward and provocative, Nyíri argues that the uniformity and undisguised commercialism of Chinese tourist sites are a direct result of the state’s ultimate authority to determine the meaning of landscape and to control culture. Scenic Spots serves as a lens through which to explore mechanisms of cultural control and resistance in a highly commercialized sphere of everyday life in contemporary China.
One China, Many Taiwans
Author: Ian Rowen
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501766953
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
One China, Many Taiwans shows how tourism performs and transforms territory. In 2008, as the People's Republic of China pointed over a thousand missiles across the Taiwan Strait, it sent millions of tourists in the same direction with the encouragement of Taiwan's politicians and businesspeople. Contrary to the PRC's efforts to use tourism to incorporate Taiwan into an imaginary "One China," tourism aggravated tensions between the two polities, polarized Taiwanese society, and pushed Taiwanese popular sentiment farther toward support for national self-determination. Consequently, Taiwan was performed as a part of China for Chinese group tourists versus experienced as a place of everyday life. Taiwan's national identity grew increasingly plural, such that not just one or two, but many Taiwans coexisted, even as it faced an existential military threat. Ian Rowen's treatment of tourism as a political technology provides a new theoretical lens for social scientists to examine the impacts of tourism in the region and worldwide.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501766953
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
One China, Many Taiwans shows how tourism performs and transforms territory. In 2008, as the People's Republic of China pointed over a thousand missiles across the Taiwan Strait, it sent millions of tourists in the same direction with the encouragement of Taiwan's politicians and businesspeople. Contrary to the PRC's efforts to use tourism to incorporate Taiwan into an imaginary "One China," tourism aggravated tensions between the two polities, polarized Taiwanese society, and pushed Taiwanese popular sentiment farther toward support for national self-determination. Consequently, Taiwan was performed as a part of China for Chinese group tourists versus experienced as a place of everyday life. Taiwan's national identity grew increasingly plural, such that not just one or two, but many Taiwans coexisted, even as it faced an existential military threat. Ian Rowen's treatment of tourism as a political technology provides a new theoretical lens for social scientists to examine the impacts of tourism in the region and worldwide.
Touring China
Author: Yajun Mo
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501760645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
In Touring China, Yajun Mo explores how early twentieth century Chinese sightseers described the destinations that they visited, and how their travel accounts gave Chinese readers a means to imagine their vast country. The roots of China's tourism market stretch back over a hundred years, when railroad and steamship networks expanded into the coastal regions. Tourism-related businesses and publications flourished in urban centers while scientific exploration, investigative journalism, and wartime travel propelled many Chinese from the eastern seaboard to its peripheries. Mo considers not only accounts of overseas travel and voyages across borderlands, but also trips within China. On the one hand, via travel and travel writing, the unity of China's coastal regions, inland provinces, and western frontiers was experienced and reinforced. On the other, travel literature revealed a persistent tension between the aspiration for national unity and the anxiety that China might fall apart. Touring China tells a fascinating story about the physical and intellectual routes people took on various journeys, against the backdrop of the transition from Chinese empire to nation-state.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501760645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
In Touring China, Yajun Mo explores how early twentieth century Chinese sightseers described the destinations that they visited, and how their travel accounts gave Chinese readers a means to imagine their vast country. The roots of China's tourism market stretch back over a hundred years, when railroad and steamship networks expanded into the coastal regions. Tourism-related businesses and publications flourished in urban centers while scientific exploration, investigative journalism, and wartime travel propelled many Chinese from the eastern seaboard to its peripheries. Mo considers not only accounts of overseas travel and voyages across borderlands, but also trips within China. On the one hand, via travel and travel writing, the unity of China's coastal regions, inland provinces, and western frontiers was experienced and reinforced. On the other, travel literature revealed a persistent tension between the aspiration for national unity and the anxiety that China might fall apart. Touring China tells a fascinating story about the physical and intellectual routes people took on various journeys, against the backdrop of the transition from Chinese empire to nation-state.
Guidelines for Success in the Chinese Outbound Tourism Market
Author: World Tourism Organization (Unwto)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789284421121
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
These guidelines from the China Tourism Academy and UNWTO offer valuable insights into the factors motivating Chinese tourists to travel. It also presents a valuable toolkit to guide destination managers and decision makers on the best way to tap into this lucrative and productive market.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789284421121
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
These guidelines from the China Tourism Academy and UNWTO offer valuable insights into the factors motivating Chinese tourists to travel. It also presents a valuable toolkit to guide destination managers and decision makers on the best way to tap into this lucrative and productive market.
A Landscape of Travel
Author: Jenny T. Chio
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295805064
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
While the number of domestic leisure travelers has increased dramatically in reform-era China, the persistent gap between urban and rural living standards attests to ongoing social, economic, and political inequalities. The state has widely touted tourism for its potential to bring wealth and modernity to rural ethnic minority communities, but the policies underlying the development of tourism obscure some complicated realities. In tourism, after all, one person’s leisure is another person’s labor. A Landscape of Travel investigates the contested meanings and unintended consequences of tourism for those people whose lives and livelihoods are most at stake in China’s rural ethnic tourism industry: the residents of village destinations. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in Ping’an (a Zhuang village in Guangxi) and Upper Jidao (a Miao village in Guizhou), Jenny Chio analyzes the myriad challenges and possibilities confronted by villagers who are called upon to do the work of tourism. She addresses the shifting significance of migration and rural mobility, the visual politics of tourist photography, and the effects of touristic desires for “exotic difference” on village social relations. In this way, Chio illuminates the contemporary regimes of labor and leisure and the changing imagination of what it means to be rural, ethnic, and modern in China today.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295805064
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
While the number of domestic leisure travelers has increased dramatically in reform-era China, the persistent gap between urban and rural living standards attests to ongoing social, economic, and political inequalities. The state has widely touted tourism for its potential to bring wealth and modernity to rural ethnic minority communities, but the policies underlying the development of tourism obscure some complicated realities. In tourism, after all, one person’s leisure is another person’s labor. A Landscape of Travel investigates the contested meanings and unintended consequences of tourism for those people whose lives and livelihoods are most at stake in China’s rural ethnic tourism industry: the residents of village destinations. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in Ping’an (a Zhuang village in Guangxi) and Upper Jidao (a Miao village in Guizhou), Jenny Chio analyzes the myriad challenges and possibilities confronted by villagers who are called upon to do the work of tourism. She addresses the shifting significance of migration and rural mobility, the visual politics of tourist photography, and the effects of touristic desires for “exotic difference” on village social relations. In this way, Chio illuminates the contemporary regimes of labor and leisure and the changing imagination of what it means to be rural, ethnic, and modern in China today.
Chinese Outbound Tourist Behaviour
Author: Jun Wen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780367639204
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Chinese outbound tourist behaviour : an introduction / Jun Wen and Metin Kozak -- History, development and politics of China's outbound tourism / Matias Thuen Jørgensen and Anders Ellemann Kristensen -- From then to now : a brief history of China's outbound tourism market / Vorakarn Chalermchaikit and Yixuan Cheng -- Development of China's outbound tourism market : a brief history from then to now / Shuaibu Chiroma Hassan and Ibrahim Sani -- Development of China's outbound tourism : new trends and travel patterns / Diego Quer and Jianrong Peng -- China's long-haul travel experiences : the development of Chinese tourism in Italy / Lala Hu, Mirko Olivieri and Jun Wen -- Experience economy in wellness tourism to attract Chinese outbound tourists / Yedan Fan, Salmi Mohd Isa and Shaohua Yang -- Challenges of targeting the Chinese outbound market : a case study of Fiji / Sera Vada and Noel Scott -- Identifying the key factors influencing service quality among Chinese GTPs in New Zealand / Shaohua Yang, Salmi Mohd Isa and Yedan Fan -- Chinese tourists' behavior on package tours in Turkey / Vedat Acar -- Destination food mage : a systematic literature review to assess future perspectives / Fangli Hu and Han Shen -- Local perceptions and behavior of Chinese tourists at the tulip fields in the Netherlands / Xiaodan Zhao and Nitasha Sharma -- The future of Chinese outbound tourisma: an Australian perspective / Clare Lade and Elspeth Frew -- The shopping behaviour of Chinese outbound tourists / Lina Zhong, Liyu Yang and Alastair M. Morrison -- Who are Chinese luxury travelers? / Elaine Yulan Zhang and Tony S.M. Tse -- Effects of COVID-19 knowledge on Chinese tourists' intentions for medical purposes / Foad Irani, Sina Vahedi and Sima Rahimizhian -- Chinese outbound tourism in the post- SARS- CoV-2 era / Wolfgang Georg Arlt.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780367639204
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Chinese outbound tourist behaviour : an introduction / Jun Wen and Metin Kozak -- History, development and politics of China's outbound tourism / Matias Thuen Jørgensen and Anders Ellemann Kristensen -- From then to now : a brief history of China's outbound tourism market / Vorakarn Chalermchaikit and Yixuan Cheng -- Development of China's outbound tourism market : a brief history from then to now / Shuaibu Chiroma Hassan and Ibrahim Sani -- Development of China's outbound tourism : new trends and travel patterns / Diego Quer and Jianrong Peng -- China's long-haul travel experiences : the development of Chinese tourism in Italy / Lala Hu, Mirko Olivieri and Jun Wen -- Experience economy in wellness tourism to attract Chinese outbound tourists / Yedan Fan, Salmi Mohd Isa and Shaohua Yang -- Challenges of targeting the Chinese outbound market : a case study of Fiji / Sera Vada and Noel Scott -- Identifying the key factors influencing service quality among Chinese GTPs in New Zealand / Shaohua Yang, Salmi Mohd Isa and Yedan Fan -- Chinese tourists' behavior on package tours in Turkey / Vedat Acar -- Destination food mage : a systematic literature review to assess future perspectives / Fangli Hu and Han Shen -- Local perceptions and behavior of Chinese tourists at the tulip fields in the Netherlands / Xiaodan Zhao and Nitasha Sharma -- The future of Chinese outbound tourisma: an Australian perspective / Clare Lade and Elspeth Frew -- The shopping behaviour of Chinese outbound tourists / Lina Zhong, Liyu Yang and Alastair M. Morrison -- Who are Chinese luxury travelers? / Elaine Yulan Zhang and Tony S.M. Tse -- Effects of COVID-19 knowledge on Chinese tourists' intentions for medical purposes / Foad Irani, Sina Vahedi and Sima Rahimizhian -- Chinese outbound tourism in the post- SARS- CoV-2 era / Wolfgang Georg Arlt.
Chinese Outbound Tourism 2.0
Author: Xiang (Robert) Li
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 177188181X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Booming Mainland Chinese outbound travel is one of the most exciting phenomena in the world tourism industry's recent history. From 2000 to 2010, Chinese outbound travel increased at a compounded annual rate of 18.5 percent, and it is forecasted that by 2020 China will generate approximately 100 million outbound trips a year, making China the fourt
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 177188181X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
Booming Mainland Chinese outbound travel is one of the most exciting phenomena in the world tourism industry's recent history. From 2000 to 2010, Chinese outbound travel increased at a compounded annual rate of 18.5 percent, and it is forecasted that by 2020 China will generate approximately 100 million outbound trips a year, making China the fourt
Tourist Behaviour
Author: Metin Kozak
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 178064812X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Consumer research is often central to academic studies in many different fields, and more recently, tourism studies have empirically examined consumer research from various aspects. However, there is a need to provide information for tourism scholars on how to better understand aspects of tourist behaviour. Tourist Behaviour: An International Perspective provides a collection of topics from both theoretical and practical approaches to building and examining the theory of how consumers think and act within the context of tourism consumption. Divided in to six sections, the book presents research within the themes of influence, motivation, choice, and consumption and experience. With contributions from authors in over 15 countries, the book presents an interdisciplinary approach of the latest research in tourist behaviour.
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 178064812X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Consumer research is often central to academic studies in many different fields, and more recently, tourism studies have empirically examined consumer research from various aspects. However, there is a need to provide information for tourism scholars on how to better understand aspects of tourist behaviour. Tourist Behaviour: An International Perspective provides a collection of topics from both theoretical and practical approaches to building and examining the theory of how consumers think and act within the context of tourism consumption. Divided in to six sections, the book presents research within the themes of influence, motivation, choice, and consumption and experience. With contributions from authors in over 15 countries, the book presents an interdisciplinary approach of the latest research in tourist behaviour.
Unlocking the World's Largest E-market: A Guide To Selling on Chinese Social Media
Author: Ashley Dudarenok
Publisher: Alarice International Limited
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
This book is a must-have for anyone who’s working with Chinese social media or planning to enter China. It’s packed with the latest information, actionable insights and strategies for marketers to make the most of WeChat and Weibo. You’ll learn about Chinese consumers, WeChat and Weibo working models and the outlook for digital trends in customer relationship management, artificial intelligence and what kind of changes ‘New Retail’ will bring. What Every Marketer Needs to Know about ChinaHow Your Business Can Harness Chinese Social MediaWeChat: China’s Operating SystemWeibo: China’s Online HotspotThe Future: Get Ready for New Retail Whether you want to enter the market for the first time, expand your presence in China or provide services to Chinese tourists abroad, “Unlocking the World’s Largest E-market” offers practical advice about selling on Chinese social media from someone who has seen the transformation in China’s online world firsthand.
Publisher: Alarice International Limited
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
This book is a must-have for anyone who’s working with Chinese social media or planning to enter China. It’s packed with the latest information, actionable insights and strategies for marketers to make the most of WeChat and Weibo. You’ll learn about Chinese consumers, WeChat and Weibo working models and the outlook for digital trends in customer relationship management, artificial intelligence and what kind of changes ‘New Retail’ will bring. What Every Marketer Needs to Know about ChinaHow Your Business Can Harness Chinese Social MediaWeChat: China’s Operating SystemWeibo: China’s Online HotspotThe Future: Get Ready for New Retail Whether you want to enter the market for the first time, expand your presence in China or provide services to Chinese tourists abroad, “Unlocking the World’s Largest E-market” offers practical advice about selling on Chinese social media from someone who has seen the transformation in China’s online world firsthand.
Chinese tourists - what do they want? Facts, ideas and successful examples
Author: Ingemar Fredriksson
Publisher: Procentforlaget
ISBN: 9198573527
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
The world has never seen such a huge business opportunity for which they have so little understanding of how to address it. Many entrepreneurs have, more or less seriously, dreamt of being able to sell just one product to every single Chinese. That dream is now quickly turning into a possibility for many hotels, restaurants, shops and attractions. As of 2012. Chinese tourists are the largest group of travellers in the world. Unfortunately, understanding of the needs that these Chinese tourists have is exceptionally poor. What do they want to eat, do or buy? Where do they want to stay, and what places do they want to visit? All these differ radically from the needs of other tourists. In this book, we will take you through what is different and why it is so. In the book, we will also offer ideas on how to easily shift your offering to match what Chinese tourists want. We will also provide plenty of examples on what others have done to attract their business -- since, naturally, many have already invested heavily to do this. So yes, competition for Chinese tourists has undoubtedly begun, but an equally vital investment for winning this fight is understanding. What do you know about their needs? INGEMAR FREDRIKSSON has 30+ years experience in top management, business development, profitability development and marketing. He has worked with plenty of SMEs in different industries (including tourism) and also with Fnatic, IKEA, Invest Sweden, Miss Sweden and the Swedish government. He has also been vice chairman of The Swedish Federation of Business Owners. Since a few years back he lives and works in the UAE. All four books by Ingemar Fredriksson, in their original Swedish edition, have featured on top lists together with names like Steve Jobs, Daniel Kahneman, Thomas Piketty, Sun Tzu and even the Fifty shades-series. Search on YouTube for “Ingemar Fredriksson’s books – Bestsellers for 15 years!” for a full video of random list positions over the years. LYU WEN has a degree in Economics from Fudan University in Shanghai, with an extensive finance background. Together, they have the academic background with down-to-earth know-how and experience of the meeting between East and West, and how this can be used in business development. Said about the Swedish edition of this book: “This book is basically a huge checklist and a fantastic basis for those who would like to attract Chinese tourists.” Monika Fleming-Glogoza, West Sweden Tourist Board
Publisher: Procentforlaget
ISBN: 9198573527
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
The world has never seen such a huge business opportunity for which they have so little understanding of how to address it. Many entrepreneurs have, more or less seriously, dreamt of being able to sell just one product to every single Chinese. That dream is now quickly turning into a possibility for many hotels, restaurants, shops and attractions. As of 2012. Chinese tourists are the largest group of travellers in the world. Unfortunately, understanding of the needs that these Chinese tourists have is exceptionally poor. What do they want to eat, do or buy? Where do they want to stay, and what places do they want to visit? All these differ radically from the needs of other tourists. In this book, we will take you through what is different and why it is so. In the book, we will also offer ideas on how to easily shift your offering to match what Chinese tourists want. We will also provide plenty of examples on what others have done to attract their business -- since, naturally, many have already invested heavily to do this. So yes, competition for Chinese tourists has undoubtedly begun, but an equally vital investment for winning this fight is understanding. What do you know about their needs? INGEMAR FREDRIKSSON has 30+ years experience in top management, business development, profitability development and marketing. He has worked with plenty of SMEs in different industries (including tourism) and also with Fnatic, IKEA, Invest Sweden, Miss Sweden and the Swedish government. He has also been vice chairman of The Swedish Federation of Business Owners. Since a few years back he lives and works in the UAE. All four books by Ingemar Fredriksson, in their original Swedish edition, have featured on top lists together with names like Steve Jobs, Daniel Kahneman, Thomas Piketty, Sun Tzu and even the Fifty shades-series. Search on YouTube for “Ingemar Fredriksson’s books – Bestsellers for 15 years!” for a full video of random list positions over the years. LYU WEN has a degree in Economics from Fudan University in Shanghai, with an extensive finance background. Together, they have the academic background with down-to-earth know-how and experience of the meeting between East and West, and how this can be used in business development. Said about the Swedish edition of this book: “This book is basically a huge checklist and a fantastic basis for those who would like to attract Chinese tourists.” Monika Fleming-Glogoza, West Sweden Tourist Board