Based on basic theories of community participation in tourism development,questionnaires were designed for the field investigation in one of the largest Dong Villages in China,the Dong village in Zhaoxing.Community pa...Based on basic theories of community participation in tourism development,questionnaires were designed for the field investigation in one of the largest Dong Villages in China,the Dong village in Zhaoxing.Community participation in tourism development of the Dong Village was analyzed from the perspectives of residents' participation in decision-making and management,reception and catering services,group performance,making and selling ethnic artworks,protection of village tourist resources and environment.And meanwhile,problems were pointed out as "still maintaining in the early stage of its tourism development,fewer opportunities for its residents participating in tourism development,resource protection being divorced from tourism benefits and so on",on the basis of which corresponding solutions were offered as "expanding the field of participation,improving the level of participation,increasing benefits of local residents;insisting on the principle of "not participating intentionally is the best way of their participation,guaranteeing economic compensation for rural residents;enhancing infrastructure construction;establishing a museum of folk-custom materials;creating a favorable atmosphere of folk cultures;enhancing cooperation with its neighboring villages in tourism development,and creating a "local industrial chain";establishing a research center of cultural tourism development of the Dong Minority.展开更多
Community participation of tourism development in ethnic tourism destinations has great significance to promote the evolution of national tourism.Based on the empowerment theory,this study constructs a theoretical mod...Community participation of tourism development in ethnic tourism destinations has great significance to promote the evolution of national tourism.Based on the empowerment theory,this study constructs a theoretical model between tourism empowerment,social capital,tourism impact,and residents’willingness to participate tourism development.Taking Dong Village of Zhaoxing County in Southeast Guizhou Province of China as the case,structural equation model is applied to test the hypothetical relationships.Results show that economic,psychological,and social empowerment is related to residents’perception of tourism positive influence and their willingness to participate tourism development.In addition,positive tourism impact and social capital are also significant driving forces to enhance residents’initiative in tourism development.The higher social capital mainly comes from residents’perceived social empowerment.This study provides theoretical guidance for encouraging residents of ethnic tourism destinations to participate tourism and then promote local tourism development.展开更多
基金Supported by Guizhou Provincial Scientific and Technological Foundation[LKS(2009)No.41]Talents Base Construction for Karst Ecoenvironment Conservation and Improvement of the Second Batch of Guizhou Talents Base Construction Project[(2009)No.9]Students Scientific Research Fund of Guizhou Normal University(2010)~~
文摘Based on basic theories of community participation in tourism development,questionnaires were designed for the field investigation in one of the largest Dong Villages in China,the Dong village in Zhaoxing.Community participation in tourism development of the Dong Village was analyzed from the perspectives of residents' participation in decision-making and management,reception and catering services,group performance,making and selling ethnic artworks,protection of village tourist resources and environment.And meanwhile,problems were pointed out as "still maintaining in the early stage of its tourism development,fewer opportunities for its residents participating in tourism development,resource protection being divorced from tourism benefits and so on",on the basis of which corresponding solutions were offered as "expanding the field of participation,improving the level of participation,increasing benefits of local residents;insisting on the principle of "not participating intentionally is the best way of their participation,guaranteeing economic compensation for rural residents;enhancing infrastructure construction;establishing a museum of folk-custom materials;creating a favorable atmosphere of folk cultures;enhancing cooperation with its neighboring villages in tourism development,and creating a "local industrial chain";establishing a research center of cultural tourism development of the Dong Minority.
基金supported by the Grant of China National Natural Science Foundation(No.72074053).
文摘Community participation of tourism development in ethnic tourism destinations has great significance to promote the evolution of national tourism.Based on the empowerment theory,this study constructs a theoretical model between tourism empowerment,social capital,tourism impact,and residents’willingness to participate tourism development.Taking Dong Village of Zhaoxing County in Southeast Guizhou Province of China as the case,structural equation model is applied to test the hypothetical relationships.Results show that economic,psychological,and social empowerment is related to residents’perception of tourism positive influence and their willingness to participate tourism development.In addition,positive tourism impact and social capital are also significant driving forces to enhance residents’initiative in tourism development.The higher social capital mainly comes from residents’perceived social empowerment.This study provides theoretical guidance for encouraging residents of ethnic tourism destinations to participate tourism and then promote local tourism development.
