Strategies for Sustainable Tourism at the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, China

by Martha Demas, Jinshi Fan, Neville Agnew

At the Mogao Grottoes, a World Heritage site near Dunhuang city in Gansu Province, visitor numbers have increased inexorably since 1979 when the site opened. A national policy that identifies tourism as a pillar industry, along with pressure from local authorities and businesses to encourage more tourism, threatens to lead to an unsustainable situation for management, an unsafe and uncomfortable experience for visitors and irreparable damage to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319089994
• ISBN13: 9783319089997
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"