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A Review of Researches on Tourism in China’s Historic and Cultural Cities

JIANG Tai-qin DONG Pei-hai   

  1. School of Economics and Management, Baoshan University, Baoshan Yunnan, 678000, China
  • Online:2014-07-01 Published:2014-07-01

Abstract:

With the rapid development of tourism industry and the gradual improvement of resident consumption in China, tourism of historic and cultural cities, as a core component of tourism products, is taking an increasingly important position. To gain a thorough understanding of development and research results about tourism in China’s historic and cultural cities, this paper conducts a systematic review and analysis in terms of protection of historic and cultural cities and tourism development, the tourism market and industrial development, tourism planning and image design, tourism environmental quality assessment and sustainable development. And it puts forward suggestions concerning the deficiencies in the researches, such as strengthening theoretical researches, promoting community participation, expanding the scope of regional cooperation, and proper commercialization.

Key words: historic and cultural cities, tourism development, tourism planning, environmental quality assessment of city tourism, research review