Urban Tourism in China - 9781138115668

Taylor & Francis

Urban Tourism in ChinaAuthor(s): Mimi Li, Wu Bihu\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138115668, 978-1138115668\nSynopsis\nChina has witnessed a dramatic development of tourism in urban context in the past thirty years, especially with its success in hosting the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 and the Shanghai World Exposition in 2010. Urban areas as tourism destination are receiving increasingly more popularity than traditional destinations such as national parks, natural reserves, and historical relics.\n\nDeriving largely from a special issue on \""Urban Tourism Development and City Destination Marketing\"" (Journal of China Tourism Research), Urban Tourism in China presents the readers with a collection of nine independent research reports examining issues such as consumer behaviour in urban destinations, the social impact of tourism, destination image, leisure, regional collaboration, and heritage tourism in ancie.