Tourism and China's Development : Policies, Regional Economic Growth & Ecotourism - Softcover

Tisdell, Professor And Head Of The Department Of Economics Clement A; Wen, Julie Jie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9810244339 ISBN 13: 9789810244330

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2001

Synopsis

China's continuing economic reforms since 1978 have substantially altered its economic structure, expanding the service sector, including the tourist industry. The reforms have resulted in spectacular economic growth and a boom in tourism development. But China's economic growth has been very uneven regionally and has been cause for political concern. The ability of tourism to counteract this uneven development and promote regionally decentralised development is therefore of special interest as is the sustainability of regional tourism, which often depends on nature conservation and the presence of minority cultures. This book addresses all those issues. Although focussed on China, it deals with issues such as those involving the sustainability of tourism, and convergence and divergence in regional tourism development and economic growth relevant to other geographical areas.

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Review:

This volume makes its mark in the growing literature on tourism development in China. -- Annals of Tourism Research, 2002

About this edition

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 9810244339
• ISBN 13: 9789810244330
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 420