1st Edition

Tourism Places in Asia Destinations, Stakeholders and Consumption

Edited By Alan A. Lew Copyright 2021
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

Tourism Places in Asia examines the impacts of tourism on places in East and Southwest Asia. Asia has been the most dynamic region for tourism development in recent decades, and tourism research from this region has grown significantly to better understand this phenomenon. The primary focus is on the Chinese realm of mainland China and Taiwan. East Asia has been the most dynamic region for... Read more

Introduction – Tourism places in Asia

Alan A. Lew

1. A multi-stakeholder examination of destination image: Nanluoguxiang heritage street, Beijing, China

Ming Ming Su, Geoffrey Wall and Zhong Ma

2. The evolving urban fabric and contour of old mountain streets in Taiwan

Naai-Jung Shih and Chen-Yang Lin

3. Creative destruction: the commodification of industrial heritage in Nanfeng Kiln District, China

Xueke (Stephanie) Yang, HongGang Xu and Geoffrey Wall

4. Tourist motivations in relation to a battlefield: a case study of Kinmen

Chien-Min Chen and Tsung-Hsien Tsai

5. The metaphor of sadness: Hakka’s Bean Jelly as culture and consumption through tourism

Lijuan Yang, Bin Lai and Honggen Xiao

6. From central place to central flow theory: an exploration of urban catering

Feifei Xu, Feng Zhen, Xiao Qin, Xia Wang and Fang Wang

7. Tourism and hospitality research on Iran: current state and perspectives

Siamak Seyfi, C. Michael Hall and Salar Kuhzady

8. Sport tourism and peace: crossing the contested wall

Alon Gelbman

Biography

Alan A. Lew is Professor Emeritus of Geography and Planning at Northern Arizona University. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Tourism Geographies (Routledge/Taylor & Francis), and has primarily researched and written about tourism development and landscapes of East and Southeast Asia.