Yunnan province, due to its beautiful landscapes, mild climate and colorful ethnic minorities, is one of chinas major tourist destinations. The specificity of mountains for global tourism development the latest trends in the mountain tourism in terms of marketing and development morrison 2010. Greater mekong subregion economic cooperation program author. Yunnan is approximately 393,898 square kilometers and has a population of 44. The northwest yunnan ecotourism association was created to promote the development.
The study of dai villages from xishuangbanna,yunnan china. Tourism is now regarded as a leading industry in the development of this prefecture. Lila buckley is the assistant executive director for the global environment institute, a nonprofit organization based in. Northwest yunnan is a spectacular area to explore, and is one of the most naturally and culturally diverse areas of the world. Kunming city is expected to add 11 new mid to highend hotels with an inventory of under 4,000 rooms between 2012 and 2016. Knoema is the most comprehensive source of global decisionmaking data in the world. The failure of tourism development to address problems of poverty and environmental problems suggests the need to reconsider the approach to use it as an alternative form of development for mountain communities. Method data collection for this study used various methods. Multiple research methods, including indepth interviews, informal. The development impact of mining has been widely c ontested because it is an inherently obsolescent sector in which a nonrenewable resource is extracted. Both provincial governments incorporated tourism as part of their overall development strategies, but their tourism sites were distributed and structured strikingly differently. A case study unbalanced growth, growth pole theory and tourism development identifying whether tourism is a leading sector or growth pole. Unless you want to partake in the worlds largest migration, its best to time your trip before or after spring festival, the chinese new year, a twoweek festival that sometimes occurs in february timing is based on the lunar calendar.
Tourism, development and poverty reduction in guizhou and yunnan article in the china quarterly 190190 june 2007 with 161 reads how we measure reads. Our tools allow individuals and organizations to discover, visualize, model, and present their data and the worlds data to facilitate better decisions and better outcomes. Yunnan province will introduce 22 measures to clean up the local tourism industry, the provincial tourism administrative authority said on monday. Tourism development in the peoples republic of china 51 4. Yunnan province is situated at the southwest china adjacent to vietnam, laos and burma and prestigiously. China yunnan province sustainable tourism initiative the center team toured several cultural and natural sites in yunnan province and produced a report that set out a plan for sustainable tourism development throughout the province. Dragon snow mountains yulongxue shan, was opened to visitors in 1985. Houston, may 11, 2017 prnewswire from may 7th to may 11th, 2017, yunnan provincial tourism development commission joins hands with american society of travel agents asta, one of. Over the past 15 years enormous changes have occurred to the environment and the many ethnic minorities. In yunnan, although tourism contributed to rapid economic growth, it did not reduce rural poverty as much as might be expected from a large ruralbased industry.
When the yunnan provincial government decided to develop tourism and construct infrastructure facilities in 1994, the tourist number in 1995 increased 2. Pdf protective development of cultural heritage tourism. Once the new years celebrations wind down, it is shoulder season in china. Forests and tourism development lijiang county of northwestern yunnan, china, with its spectacular jade dragon snow mountains yulongxue shan, was opened to visitors in 1985.
Minorities, myths and modernity in northwest yunnan ben hillman abstract. Case studies from xishuangbanna, yunnan, china abstract ethnic tourism has emerged as a means that is employed by many countries to facilitate economic and cultural development and to assist in the preservation of ethnic heritage. This paper outlines the nature and pattern of development of. Specifically, we ask the question whether mining areas and tourism areas in yunnan perform differently in economic, environmental and social dimensions. The role of ecotourism in the sustainable development of.
Featuring a gorgeous landscape and diverse ethnic culture, chinas southwest yunnan province has become the number one destination for domestic and foreign travellers, according to leading online travel agency ctrip. Yunnan provincial government put forward the principle of start the second business in the tourism industry the same year. Social and economic development report of yunnan province written by gan kaipeng and xu jieming translated by wangyunshang and xu jieming the advantage of geographical position of yunnan province generally, the basic features of its. Bo th industries were supp orted by local governments to stimulate local development and have experienced dramatic growth over the past twenty years. The greater mekong subregion gms is made up of cambodia, the people s republic of china prc, specifically yunnan province and guangxi zhuang autonomous region, the lao people s democratic republic lao pdr, myanmar, thailand, and viet nam. Tourism is growing rapidly in xishuangbanna dai autonomous prefecture located in southern yunnan. Lifecycle talc is useful in explaining the development of ethnic tourism in yunnan, china.
The reforms have resulted in spectacular economic growth and a boom in tourism development. Pdf tourism development and quality of life semantic. Yunnan province is developing scenic, geographically distinct minority areas for tourism including shilin, limestone forest home of the sani ethnic group. Drawing upon existing literature, a conceptual framework was developed and adopted to study ethnic tourism in a wellknown ethnic tourist destination in china xishuangbanna, yunnan. Lijiang county of northwestern yunnan, china, with its spectacular jade. Abstract entrepreneurship is crucial to tourism development. Major problems in current tourism development in yunnan. And whether that means setting out on a solo sojourn, touring with the family or stepping back into history tripadvisor has just the hotel for it, with millions of options around the world and the lowest prices from up to 200 booking sites. Yunnans industrial development policy and intermediate goods. Since the 1990s the local state in diqing has been actively involved in representing tibetan culture to the outside world.
Therefore, this paper is to choose yunnan of china as a case study to explore regulations on the environmental management of tourism development in regional level. New railway brings tourists, business, jobs, to yunnan. Tourism development in yunnan yunnan is one of the less developed provinces in the western regions in. Study on optimal spatial allocation between tourism. But is ecotourism a good thing if it continues to harm the environment destroying ecosystems more slowly, but destroying them just the same. Tourism, development and poverty reduction in guizhou and. The national policy has a great impact on tourism development. Maritime silk road brings new opportunities to tourism development.
Most visitors are chinese tourists, although trips to yunnan are organized by an increasing number of foreign travel agencies as well. The sani provide an example of indigenous tourism, a subtype of ethnic tourism differentiated by the control a group exerts in marketing their own culture and territory, resulting in. The study of dai villages from xishuangbanna,yunnan china chapter pdf available january. The way we see it, every trip should be the trip of your dreams. However, only limited attention has been paid to entrepreneurship in tourism and virtually no academic attention has been paid to entrepreneurship in ethnic tourism development. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to test the usefulness of butlers tourist area lifecycle in helping understand the development of ethnic tourism in yunnan, a southwestern province in china.
Yunnan to clean up tourism industry china chinadaily. China yunnan province sustainable tourism initiative. This study explores the impacts of agritourism on the quality of life of a rural ethnic community and discusses the challenges faced by residents who are attempting to improve their living standards through tourism. Ecotourism in yunnan part v ecotourism in yunnan part iv. The research analyzes how ethnic tourism has been planned and developed at the study site and examines associated sociocultural and planning issues. Safe and fast rail travel brought an influx of more than 4. This research employs observation and interviews to examine the role of entrepreneurs and their perceptions of ethnic tourism in xishuangbanna, yunnan, china. So goes a chinese proverb, which well describes this diverse province so far. In recent years, the tourist industry in lijiang has developed rapidly, and has brought improvements to the quality of life of the local residents. First, provincial tourism experts and researchers from yunnan university and yunnan s society of social sciences were invited to participate in group meetings to discuss the impacts and challenges of tourism development on. The impacts of civil airport layout to yunnan local tourism industry. In 2012, the total number of inbound tourists were 2,405,300 passengers, ranked third in the world.
The sustainable development of tourism in lijiang zhang hong, yunnan university of finance and economics abstract. Pdf the role of tourism as a strategy for rural community. Pdf in the last decade, tourism has developed rapidly in the mountainous areas of northwest yunnan. At the same time, tourism development enables relatively rich, large landowners to increase their agriculture activities. Regulations on the environmental management of tourism development in yunnan province, chi regulations on the environmental management of tourism development in yunnan province, china this article is part of a larger document. Chinas continuing economic reforms since 1978 have substantially altered its economic structure, expanding the service sector, including the tourist industry. Scenic spots in yunnan are expected to receive 670 million visits from china and abroad in 2018, according to a report by the yunnan provincial tourism development commission during. Regulations on the environmental management of tourism.
The study of dai villages from xishuangbanna, yunnan china chapter pdf available january 20 with 639 reads how we measure reads. Social and economic development report of yunnan province. Tourism development in lijiang began when economic reforms in china began. That combination of superlative sights and many different ethnic groups has made yunnan the trendiest destination for chinas exploding domestic tourist industry. A case study was carried out in a rural ethnic village in yunnan province, china in the summer of 2010. Ecotourism in yunnan part iv ecotourism in yunnan part i tags.
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