Tourism and rural development in western China: a case from Turpan

Keyim, Parhad

doi:10.1093/cdj/bsv046

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“…Moreover, various studies debated the relationships between community residents' and the socio-cultural impacts of sustainable tourism [40]. Earlier studies documented the ongoing phenomena in the countryside, showing declining employment opportunities and local populations, as well as a deterioration of infrastructure and amenities [33,[41][42][43][44]. In this context, scholars recognized sustainable tourism as an advantageous mechanism contributing to local communities [45][46][47].…”

Section: Cultural and Social Impacts Of Tourismmentioning

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The Influence of Islamic Religiosity on the Perceived Socio-Cultural Impact of Sustainable Tourism Development in Pakistan: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

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Typically, residents play a role in developing strategies and innovations in tourism. However, few studies have sought to understand the role of Islamic religiosity on the perceived socio-cultural impacts of sustainable tourism development in Pakistan. Previous studies focusing on socio-cultural impacts as perceived by local communities have applied various techniques to explain the relationships between selected variables. Circumstantially, the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique has gained little attention for measuring the religiosity factors affecting the perceived socio-cultural impacts of sustainable tourism. This investigation aims to address such limitations in this area of scientific knowledge by applying Smart PLS-SEM, developing an empirical approach, and implementing Smart-PLS software V-3.2.8. The proposed tourism model predicts the effects of the religiosity level on the perceived socio-cultural impacts of sustainable tourism development. In this study, we examine the relationships among religious commitments, religious practice, and religious belief and the socio-cultural effects of sustainable tourism. Our research identifies influential factors through an extensive literature review on communities’ religiosity and the socio-cultural impacts of developing sustainable tourism. We examine and analyze data based on 508 residents’ responses. The findings reveal an R² value of 0.841, suggesting three exogenous latent constructs, which collectively elucidate 84.10% of the variance in the perceived socio-cultural impact of sustainable tourism. The findings reveal that religious respondents with a higher religiosity level have a positive attitude towards developing sustainable tourism. These findings are helpful to understand the dynamics of communities’ perceptions, behaviors, quality of life, cultural aspects, and religiosity factors affecting sustainable tourism in Pakistan. This study is novel in the context of Pakistani cultural and social norms, and this study’s implications may provide further direction for researching and developing sustainable tourism in the northern regions of Pakistan.

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Section: Cultural and Social Impacts Of Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Influence of Islamic Religiosity on the Perceived Socio-Cultural Impact of Sustainable Tourism Development in Pakistan: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

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“…Nevertheless, a large body of governance literature has concentrated on economic indicators highlighting the need for more research on the social factors that shape tourism governance. Furthermore, collaborative processes in tourism have been investigated without paying attention to underlying and supporting factors [17,18]. The objective of this paper is to provide an integrated assessment of processes that drive or hinder collaborative governance (CG).…”

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Collaborative Governance in Tourism: Empirical Insights into a Community-Oriented Destination

Bichler¹,

Lösch²

2019

Sustainability

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Governance offers valuable guidelines to steer and direct destinations. Recent tourism governance research has explored the role of multiple actors in governing destinations but has not comprehensively investigated the underlying collaborative governance (CG) processes such as face-to-face dialogue, trust-building, shared understanding, or supporting factors such as institutional setting or leadership. The objectives of this paper are to determine the drivers and barriers of CG in a community-oriented destination in South Tyrol (Italy). This aims to reveal the processes that drive collaboration between stakeholders. For this reason, the paper builds on a qualitative case study with 20 semi-structured interviews with key informants. The results highlight that destination leadership is an essential driver of CG. However, several barriers to CG emerged. First, the findings show that institutional transformation led to a lack of trust and increased insecurity. Second, the inclusion of salient actors such as residents in the decision-making and implementation phase is scarce. Third, our findings highlight that a shared understanding of future development directions is missing between stakeholders. The contribution of this paper is a refined assessment of CG in tourism with special attention to the role of leadership and institutional settings. The derived implications target the role of leadership to foster the development of a shared understanding and to embark on a collaborative learning process that provides visible and tangible outcomes in turbulent times.

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“…Because tourism increases community employment opportunities [1][2][3], community income [1][2][3][4][5][6][7], and community livelihood assets [4] and reduces poverty [8][9][10], governments and non -governmental organizations such as China [11,12], Bhutan [13,14], and the UK Department for International Development [15][16][17][18] actively encourage communities to participate in tourism through policy support and project support. These organizations also help villages diversify livelihoods and create sustainable livelihood opportunities for local residents while community residents also strongly support the community to develop tourism because of its economic benefits [4,12,19].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Consequently, various issues have emerged during the development of tourism in the community: (1) the imbalance of income among the residents [7,21,22]; (2) even if tourism has increased incomes, it has failed to actually improve community livelihoods [23]; and (3) the income increase is only temporary, without long-term sustainability [24]. These problems have led some residents to participate in the tourism industry only half-heartedly [25], and in some cases, the development of tourism has caused social conflicts [22,26].…”

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Study on Livelihood Assets-Based Spatial Differentiation of the Income of Natural Tourism Communities

Zhang

et al. 2018

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Livelihood assets have a significant impact on the livelihood options and income of tourism communities. The level of tourism development and the type of natural tourism communities often exhibit spatial differences. By using the method of sustainable livelihood and examining the main factors that affect community income from the perspective of spatial heterogeneity, it is possible to identify the livelihood assets that play the most critical role in the development of sustainable livelihoods and income generation in the community, which helps provide more reasonable advice on tourism destination management. In this article, we conducted a case study on 16 communities in and around Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, China, and divided the communities into three types, i.e., core attraction areas, service support areas, and secondary service support areas, according to the geographical and spatial characteristics, tourism development level, and livelihood type. The participatory assessment method was adopted to obtain in-depth interviews and questionnaire data from 256 rural households, which was utilized to construct four multivariate regression models to investigate the effect of livelihood assets on community income and the spatial difference of the factors that affect community income. The results showed that (1) livelihood assets exert a significant impact on community income in tourist areas, with a remarkable spatial difference; (2) the types of livelihoods and the effective utilization of livelihood assets have a significant impact on farmers' incomes; (3) the type and amount of livelihood assets have a certain impact on the choice of livelihood; and (4) a farmer's livelihood type determines the utilization method and the effective utilization of livelihood assets.

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Tourism and rural development in western China: a case from Turpan

Cited by 21 publications

References 35 publications

The Influence of Islamic Religiosity on the Perceived Socio-Cultural Impact of Sustainable Tourism Development in Pakistan: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

The Influence of Islamic Religiosity on the Perceived Socio-Cultural Impact of Sustainable Tourism Development in Pakistan: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Collaborative Governance in Tourism: Empirical Insights into a Community-Oriented Destination

Study on Livelihood Assets-Based Spatial Differentiation of the Income of Natural Tourism Communities

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