Tourism development and the tourism area life-cycle model: A case study of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China

Zhong, Linsheng; Deng, Jinyang; Xiang, Biao

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2007.10.002

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“…Zhong et al (2008) applied the model to a National Park in China created in 1982 and observed that the area is at the consolidation stage. The cycle in FN, throughout five decades since the first tourist activities started and four decades of MPA, led the region to the last stage.…”

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A historical perspective on the life cycle of a tourist activity: dolphin watching in Brazil’s Fernando de Noronha archipelago

Tischer¹,

Schiavetti

Silva

et al. 2018

Ethnobio Conserv

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In Brazil, the whale watching is practiced with different species, such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. This activity facilitates the growth of the economic activities of communities in many regions of the country, and it may be a tool for awareness about the marine preservation and conservation. Moreover, the whale or dolphin watching also impacts native species. The Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (FN) is a worldwide watching tourism site due to the time of the development of activities and the ease to watch cetaceans, mainly the spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris). The aim of this study was to characterize the dolphin watching in FN. Additionally, we will investigate the applicability of the "Tourism Area Life Cycle" (TALC) approach for a tourism activity, identifying the main events or stages that promoted significant changes throughout the history of the activity in the archipelago. We observed that both land based and boatbased (boat trips) are available in FN. The boat trips are more common and involve the triple of tourists than landbased watching. However, the last provides more informative and educational component. The history of dolphin watching tourism in FN was developed concomitantly with the tourism destination of the archipelago as a whole. Through TALC analysis, dolphin watching in FN had its development together with the destination development and, currently, both areas present stagnation stage indicators. In addition, the landbased watching, for being less impacting and more educative, has potential to increase the visitation.

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A historical perspective on the life cycle of a tourist activity: dolphin watching in Brazil’s Fernando de Noronha archipelago

Tischer¹,

Schiavetti

Silva

et al. 2018

Ethnobio Conserv

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“…Once evaluated and eventually classified, geological heritage requires further management measures, which involve decision actions aiming at the conservation and valuation of the geological heritage in order to increase the territorial capabilities, namely tourism capabilities, as a result of the positive articulation between the natural values and the local development strategies that can enhance local incomes [30,34,79,80]. Furthermore, at this stage, communication is a key factor to assist the decision-making process.…”

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Community Involvement in Geoconservation: A Conceptual Approach Based on the Geoheritage of South Angola

Tavares

Henriques

Domingos³

et al. 2015

Sustainability

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Abstract:In this work, it is argued that effective protection of geological objects displaying heritage value requires the local community's involvement in all geoconservation actions, i.e., inventory, evaluation, conservation, valuation and monitoring procedures, and not only at the final part of the process, when it is expected from local communities that the physical integrity of such objects is guaranteed. Community involvement in geoheritage inventory and evaluation procedures can be appraised by using a classification system that integrates both the geoheritage properties displayed by the geological objects and usually recognized by geoscientists (i.e., relevance grade) and the social role attributed to geological objects by communities outside Earth scientists that arise from the public perception of such objects (i.e., abstract perceptiveness). Using two case studies from southern Angola (Huíla Province) where both social and scientific OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 4894 components were taken into account in geoheritage evaluation procedures (Tundavala and Leba geosites), we propose a conceptual community-based model, which can be applicable to geoconservation purposes and actions in other African regions and converging with the main goals of the "African Alive Corridors" initiative.

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“…As early as the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Zhangjiajie was visited by poets who wrote about its unique scenery (Gu & Zhong, 2005). However, it did not become a popular destination until the early 1980s (Zhong, Deng & Xiang, 2008). Its development has unfolded in five phases.…”

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Destination development in China: towards an effective model of explanation

Zhang

Xiao

2013

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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This article addresses the dynamics of the evolution of a nature-based destination in China. Based on longitudinal studies in Zhangjiajie in Hunan Province, it focuses on the roles of institutions in tourism development in China, demonstrating the centrality of institutions and governments in fostering destination development through policy orientations, attracting investments, and regulations in their capacity as producers, protectors, and promoters of desired processes of change. It describes a five-stage development process from Exploration, through Starting, and then via Fluctuation and Acceleration to the current stage of Transition leading towards a destination seeking better service quality. The study, by incorporating institutions as a driving force, develops a RICI model (Resource, Institution, Capital and Innovation) to account for destination development in China. The paper especially notes the role of inter-institution rivalries, and the impact of those rivalries on sustainable development. It is suggested that the proposed model could be empirically verified and tested in other cultural or regional destination development contexts.

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Tourism development and the tourism area life-cycle model: A case study of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China

Cited by 130 publications

References 29 publications

A historical perspective on the life cycle of a tourist activity: dolphin watching in Brazil’s Fernando de Noronha archipelago

A historical perspective on the life cycle of a tourist activity: dolphin watching in Brazil’s Fernando de Noronha archipelago

Community Involvement in Geoconservation: A Conceptual Approach Based on the Geoheritage of South Angola

Destination development in China: towards an effective model of explanation

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