A Landscape of Travel: The Work of Tourism in Rural Ethnic China

by Jenny Chio

Book Overview

Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295805061

While the number of domestic leisure travelers has increased dramatically in reform-era China, the persistent gap between urban and rural living standards attests to ongoing social, economic, and political inequalities. The state has widely touted tourism for its potential to bring wealth and modernity to rural ethnic minority communities, but the policies underlying the development of tourism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295993669
• ISBN13: 9780295993669
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher