China The eternal debate: Do all Chinese outbound tourists want to eat Chinese food? Answer: No. Do all Chinese outbound tourists prefer to eat à la chinoise? Yes February 12, 2019 1 Written by Wolfgang Georg Arlt. A little more than two hundred years ago, in January 1817, one of the greatest banquets in the history of…
China Development trends in Chinese outbound tourism February 11, 2019 2 Written by Songshan (Sam) Huang and Jun Wen. China’s Open Door policy has led to the country becoming a major outbound market for international tourism.…
China Scandinavian mundanity is the main attraction for Chinese tourists December 19, 2018 0 By Matias Thuen Jørgensen. Chinese tourists are often portrayed as the stereotypical bumbling camera‐waving grasshoppers, jumping from one attraction to the next, while ticking off…
conflict Reconciliation in Sri Lanka November 5, 2018 1 Written by Viruben Nandakumar. Almost a decade has passed since the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka, but progress in terms of addressing…
China Tourism as a territorial strategy in the South China Sea June 6, 2018 0 Written by Ian Rowen. The People’s Republic of China has deployed tourism as a tool in its territorial strategy for the South China Sea, reconfiguring…
China Can China save face on the slopes and join the alpine aristocracy? February 6, 2018 0 Written by Simon Chadwick. With the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea imminent, a recently published table of medal predictions made for interesting reading.…
Culture and Society The Changing Environment of the Tao: Tourism, Climate Change and their Future December 12, 2017 1 Written by Tzu-Ming Liu. The Tao/Yami ethnic group – who live in Lanyu (Orchid Island), an island located along the eastern coast of Taiwan – boast…
Uncategorized China’s New Space for Tourism November 28, 2017 0 Written by Travis Klingberg. People used to think of Panzhihua, Sichuan, as an industrial city. Steel making is in its bones and is the reason…
Uncategorized Unequal Tourism Growth in an Alpine Lake Zone: Varied Responses in Na Communities November 17, 2017 0 Written by Tami Blumenfield, Siobhán M. Mattison, and Mary K. Shenk. While tourism studies scholars debate the impact of tourism on indigenous people living in…
Uncategorized Chinese Red Tourism November 13, 2017 0 Written by Kirk A. Denton. In 2004, the offices of the State Council and the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party issued an outline…