Research on Sustainable Tourism Development of China's World Heritage Sites

Author: Tao Wei
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Publish Date: 2001-06-01
Features: The central focus of this book is the value analysis of China's World Heritage and the research on sustainable tourism development strategies. The book discusses the overall status of the birth and development of World Heritage, and analyzes the main types and spatial distribution of World Heritage. Based on a scientific classification and characteristic summary of China's World Heritage, it conducts in-depth value analysis from multiple perspectives such as history, art, science, architecture, aesthetics, landscape, ecology, and philosophy, proposing sustainable development strategies for China's World Heritage sites. The book is divided into seven chapters: Chapter 1 systematically discusses the birth and development of World Heritage, studying its main types and spatial distribution. Chapter 2 comprehensively examines the overall characteristics of China's World Heritage, summarizes the development process of China's World Heritage, and scientifically predicts potential World Heritage projects in China in the near term (2001-2020). Chapters 3 to 6 conduct value analysis on different categories of China's World Heritage, including ancient cities, gardens, palaces, temple complexes, religious buildings, mausoleums, primitive sites, military engineering, and mountainous areas. Chapter 7 focuses on the research of sustainable development strategies for China's World Heritage sites. "Heritage Tourism," as a global phenomenon, has become one of the most effective forms for humans to seek high harmony with the external world. This book proposes the connotation of sustainable heritage tourism development in China, reveals the main problems and contradictions in the development process of China's World Heritage tourism in a relatively comprehensive manner, points out the major relationships that should be correctly handled, and conducts a comparative in-depth exploration of sustainable tourism development strategies.