Author: 3 Star PhotoPublisher: 3 Star Photo
ISBN: 9780967777009
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Famous Scenic Spots of China
Author: 3 Star PhotoPublisher: 3 Star Photo
ISBN: 9780967777009
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Scenic Spots
Author: Pál NyíriPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295800496
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Twenty years ago, commercial tourism in the People’s Republic of China hardly existed. Today, China has a burgeoning tourist industry, characterized by a unique style with deep roots in traditional Chinese culture. Scenic Spots is an engaging exploration of why Chinese tourists pursue certain kinds of experiences, what they make of them, and how their experiences and interpretations are shaped by the state. Working from within a Chinese cultural framework, Pál Nyíri argues that China’s brand of tourism is distinct from the traditions of both Western bourgeois tourism, which values authenticity, and Soviet tourism, with its emphasis on rugged and selfless experience. In China, tourism development is guided by the state, and “scenic spots” (jingdian) and theme parks are used to demonstrate China’s heroic past and as tools of patriotic education and modernization – or as forms of “indoctritainment.” The tourist site is perceived as a product, and, as such, it is bounded, approved, rated, and consumed. In a style both straightforward and provocative, Nyíri argues that the uniformity and undisguised commercialism of Chinese tourist sites are a direct result of the state’s ultimate authority to determine the meaning of landscape and to control culture. Scenic Spots serves as a lens through which to explore mechanisms of cultural control and resistance in a highly commercialized sphere of everyday life in contemporary China.
江山如畫
Author: Best Ten Scenic Spots in China
Author: Travel Guide of Popular Attractions in China
Author: Ni HaoPublisher: DeepLogic
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
This book is the volume of ''Travel Guide of Popular Attractions in China'' among a series of travel books (''Travelling in China''). Its content is detailed and vivid.
Tourism in China
Author: Chris RyanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135851778
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
China is forecast to be the primary tourist destination and tourist-generating country by 2020. However, much of the writing on tourism in China has come from people within the English academic world who are not involved in the issues related to Chinese tourism development. This book provides a voice to Chinese mainland academic researchers and examines the nature of tourism research and tourism development in China. Contributors, many of whom are based in China and are immersed in the daily issues of teaching, researching and planning tourism development within China, discuss issues related to resource use, destination image and community participation with case studies that combine conceptual frameworks and practical issues. This authoritative text on tourism in China will be of interest to scholars and students of tourism throughout the world.
Scenic Spots of China
Author: China - Its Most Scenic Places
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Offers a photographic profiles of fifty of China's most scenic locations, including natural landscapes, villages, towns, and historic sites.
China`s Most Scenic Spots
Author: The Rough Guide to China
Author: David LeffmanPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1405386401
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
Book Description
The Rough Guide to China covers of all of mainland China including Tibet, along with the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Clear, detailed maps show all listed arrival points, accommodation, restaurants and sights, while boxes provide bilingual keys. Use it to explore the sophisticated nightlife emerging in Beijing and Shanghai, to chill out in the mellow travellers’ havens of Dali and Yangshuo, or roam the streets of characterful antique towns such as Lijiang. Up to date descriptions give the low-down on famous sights such as Beijing’s Forbidden City, the Terracotta Army outside Xi’an, limestone peaks around Guilin and the cruise through the mighty Three Gorges along the Yangzi. There’s also full practical information for less-known attractions: hiking holy mountains such as Shandong’s Tai Shan; where to experience the culture of China’s many ethnic groups, including Tibetans, Miao, Dai and Mongolians; how to explore remoter rural areas; and where to experience local food, from streetside snack stalls to plush Beijing Duck restaurants.