Su Ming Ming, Wall Geoffrey, Xu Kejian
School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China, 59 ZhongGuanCun Dajie, Haidian District, Beijing, 100872, China.
Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Environ Manage. 2016 May;57(5):1024-40. doi: 10.1007/s00267-016-0672-8. Epub 2016 Feb 15.
Although tourism has the potential to improve the wellbeing of residents, it may also disrupt livelihood systems, social processes, and cultural traditions. The livelihood changes at three rural villages at Mount Sanqingshan World Heritage Site, China, are assessed to determine the extent to which tourism strategies are contributing to local livelihoods. A sustainable livelihood framework is adopted to guide the analysis. The three villages exhibit different development patterns due to institutional, organizational, and location factors. New strategies involving tourism were constructed and incorporated into the traditional livelihood systems and they resulted in different outcomes for residents of different villages. Village location, including the relationship to the site tourism plan, affected the implications for rural livelihoods. High dependence on tourism as the single livelihood option can reduce sustainability. Practical implications are suggested to enhance livelihood sustainability at such rural heritage tourism sites.
尽管旅游业有潜力改善居民的福祉，但它也可能扰乱生计系统、社会进程和文化传统。本文评估了中国三清山世界遗产地三个乡村的生计变化，以确定旅游战略对当地生计的贡献程度。采用可持续生计框架来指导分析。由于制度、组织和地理位置因素，这三个村庄呈现出不同的发展模式。涉及旅游的新战略被构建并纳入传统生计系统，它们给不同村庄的居民带来了不同的结果。村庄位置，包括与景区旅游规划的关系，影响了对农村生计的影响。高度依赖旅游业作为单一的生计选择会降低可持续性。文中提出了实际建议，以提高此类乡村遗产旅游地的生计可持续性。
